LGBTQ+ sex education to be made compulsory in schools.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government need to make LGBTQ+ sex education a compulsory syllabus when teaching sex education to pupils. Currently, only opposite-sex relationships are taught in schools and this is leaving a huge amount of young people without the information and education they need and deserve.

As a young LGBTQ+ person, to see myself represented and to be educated on topics relating to sex and relationships, it would have benefited me significantly in terms of identity and feeling comfortable in my own skin, and I can confidently say that countless amounts of other young people will agree with me.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Schools are already required to teach LGBT relationships as part of relationships education. You can find out more here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/908013/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBT+ content

Timeline

30 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Mar 2021

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