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Petition · past parliament

Bring LGBT education into schools

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Many schools now encourage sex education. However, there is still no educating children on LGBT issues

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

This petition is similar to yours:
Include sexual orientation and gender identity in sexual education.

Timeline

7 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
12 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Feb 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.