Stonewall pulls schools LGBT ‘champions’ scheme for new applicants
from The Christian Institute:
A scheme designed to promote Stonewall’s LGBT agenda in schools is to be wound down.
In an announcement on the controversial lobby group’s website, subsequently removed, it said that it had decided to close its School and College Championship programme to new members following a “strategic review”.
Stonewall recently urged the Government to scrap draft sex education guidance for schools, criticising it for a lack of “recommendations on LGBT+ inclusion”.
‘Inclusive education’
Reporting on the announcement, The Daily Telegraph noted that as recently as January, Stonewall’s annual report stated that “300 schools were still aligned with its ‘champions’ scheme”.
The lobby group’s webpage on schools and colleges claims to have “proudly supported and trained thousands of teachers” to deliver “an LGBTQ-inclusive education” under the programme.
Although the scheme now appears to have closed, Stonewall said that it would continue to support “partners” providing pro-LGBT education resources and teacher training, while focusing on its “campaigns and advocacy work” in schools.
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