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To: Nicky Morgan MP, Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities
Raise the Profile of LGBT Issues on the National Curriculum
Please review the National Curriculum to include a framework that teaches young people that it is acceptable and normal to be born lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and outlines what LGBT discrimination is, and why it is wrong.
Why is this important?
As part of Stonewall's 'No Bystanders' campaign, it was revealed to me that 75,000 young people will be bullied every year because they are gay, and of this number, 21,000 will attempt suicide.
This figure is unacceptable, and the only way that it can be lowered is through education.
As an eighteen year old, soon heading off to University, not once during my school career have I been taught that it is acceptable to be gay, bisexual or transgender - the possibility that myself, or any of my classmates may be LGBT is entirely ignored.
It is for this reason that many young people struggle to come to terms with the fact that they are gay, bisexual or transgender, and it is for this reason that young people continue to bully their peers for being LGBT.
The physical and psychological wellbeing of young people is of the utmost importance, and the education system has a responsibility to LGBT youths that cannot and must not be ignored.
