The 3Rs? No, today’s lesson is… signing an LGBT rainbow f lag!
Charity accused of ‘brainwashing’ kids
SCOTS pupils are being encouraged to sign lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rainbow flags amid claims of ‘brainwashing’ in the classroom.
LGBT Youth Scotland is promoting the idea to help raise awareness of LGBT ‘identities’, with children also asked to ‘celebrate the rainbow’ through the way they dress, and by decorating their schools.
The Mail reported last month that the charity, which received nearly £1million of taxpayers’
‘Parents will be concerned’
money last year, also urges headteachers to install genderneutral toilets and mark Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It has previously emerged that primary schools are appointing children as ‘LGBT champions’ and are being urged to consider asking pupils as young as four if they are gay, lesbian or trans.
Last night Scottish Conservative deputy leader Meghan Gallacher said: ‘Parents will be concerned that this charter programme looks to go beyond what is appropriate to be teaching young pupils.
‘Education secretary Jenny Gilruth cannot keep avoiding these issues and denying the ongoing influence of this organisation in schools across Scotland.’
LGBT Youth Scotland claims that more than 200 secondaries and over 40 primary schools have joined its Charter for Education.
Each school in the scheme must appoint at least two pupils and two staff members as ‘LGBT Champions’. One primary school tweeted its champions with a picture of five young children.
Last night Chris McGovern of the Campaign for Real Education said: ‘Brainwashing such as this has no place in the classroom.’
A spokesman for LGBT Youth Scotland said: ‘Our charter material has been designed for use in secondary schools to support the Scottish Government’s ambition to advance equality for LGBTQ+ people and promoting, protecting and realising the rights of every LGBTQ+ person in Scotland.
‘With increasingly toxic and polarised public debate, it’s vital that all young people feel safe, supported and included. That is our mission – and it has never been more crucial or relevant for the young people who we can have a positive impact on.’
The Scottish Government has said it is ‘committed to doing everything we can to make Scotland the best place to grow up for LGBTQI+ young people’.