Tories ban playground ‘gay’ taunts
by Glen Owen, Mail on Sunday:
The use of the word ‘gay’ by school bullies is to be banned by the Government as part of Theresa May’s drive to boost homosexual equality.
A raft of new measures – highlighting the Tory Party’s new socially liberal image – will include the fast-tracking of gender-change, a relaxation of the rules on gay men giving blood and a new nationwide research project into LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) life.
There will also be a crackdown on children who call each other ‘gay’ in a bullying manner in schools, with teachers told they will be expected to discipline any pupil heard misusing the term.
Education Minister Nick Gibb says he is determined to ‘stamp out the use of the word gay as a pejorative term’ in the context of ‘LGBT pupils… coming to terms with their sexuality or gender’.
A total of £3 million will be ploughed into ‘anti-homophobic and transphobic programmes’.
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