Education

Photo of a teacher standing in a classroom surrounded by secondary age students

Opinion
Aug 14 2023

Give us teachers more time to teach about LGBTQ+ lives – it could make all the difference

Protester holds up a sign reading "protect trans kids"

US
Aug 14 2023

Idaho ‘teacher of the year’ winner flees state after attacks on her pro-LGBTQ+ views

Baylor University

Education
Aug 13 2023

Christian university granted exemption from addressing sexual harassment claims from LGBTQ+ students

New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo speaks to two people during a meeting.

Education
Aug 13 2023

Florida college board set to remove gender studies programme

School-age children with Pride flag

US
Aug 13 2023

Almost half of LGBTQ+ youth feel unsafe at school, research finds

Education
Aug 11 2023

Censoring Shakespeare in schools is ‘a form of indoctrination’, scholar says

William Shakespeare set against a purple and pink background. The background is supposed to resemble a noticeboard and a green pin at the top suggests the picture is supposed to be stuck to the board.

US
Aug 09 2023

Shakespeare censored in Florida schools over Don’t Say Gay law

A person holds up a trans flag, both of which are bathed in an orange glow.

US
Aug 08 2023

Judge shuts down parents’ attempt to ban trans students from Ohio school bathrooms

A young person walking down a school hallway

US
Aug 08 2023

Students banned from using nicknames under new anti-trans Orange County schools guidance

Florida governor Ron DeSantis

Education
Aug 06 2023

Florida reverses ‘Don’t Say Gay’ ban on high school psychology course

Florida governor Ron DeSantis stands at a podium

US
Aug 05 2023

Florida ‘effectively bans’ high school psychology course under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

On the left, the cover of Alice Oseman's graphic novel Heartstopper volume 1. On the right, Joe Locke and Kit Connor as Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson in Heartstopper season 2

Education
Aug 03 2023

Heartstopper, The Color Purple and hundreds more books set for Iowa school ban

UK schools told let trans pupils use correct bathrooms or face legal action

Education
Jul 30 2023

Teacher and parent warn government must not ‘out’ trans pupils to unsupportive parents

trans kids walking to school

Education
Jul 25 2023

‘Life-saving’ middle school for LGBTQ+ youth set to open in Arizona

Politics
Jul 23 2023

Kemi Badenoch denies government will ban kids from socially transitioning at school

California governor Gavin Newsom wears a suit and tie as he gestures off screen.

Education
Jul 22 2023

School district approves materials mentioning Harvey Milk after governor threatens $1.5 million fine

Person holding up 'Protect Trans Youth' sign

Trans
Jul 22 2023

Judge blocks ‘hateful’ Arizona ban on trans girls playing sports

Rishi Sunak looking off into the distance, while wearing a suit and blue tie.

Law
Jul 21 2023

Tory school guidance for trans kids could break UK law, research suggests

trans kids walking to school

Education
Jul 20 2023

Teacher reveals students’ horror at Tories forcing schools to ‘out’ trans kids: ‘My mum can’t know!’

A photo shows education secretary Gillian Keegan wearing a black coat as she leaves Downing Street

Education
Jul 20 2023

Education secretary backs outing trans kids to parents: ‘Parental consent is important’

Collage of Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, and a trans person holding an umbrella to shield themself

Education
Jul 19 2023

Government plans to ‘out’ trans pupils to parents breaks rules of the Equality Act

Education
Jul 17 2023

Kemi Badenoch issues chilling hint that UK government will force teachers to out trans kids to parents

Alabama Department of Archives and History

US
Jul 15 2023

Alabama lawmakers seek to slash funding from state archives after LGBTQ+ history lecture

Education
Jul 14 2023

Investigation into school at centre of cat gender row finds ‘no serious concerns’ at school of ‘kindness’

Education
Jul 14 2023

Wisconsin judge sides with 11-year-old trans girl over her right to use school toilets

Education
Jul 13 2023

Mum reads list of cruel homophobic insults her sixth-grade child has faced to school board

Students gather in support of LGBTQ+ inclusive education and trans-inclusive policies in schools in the US

US
Jul 10 2023

California school officials who rejected curriculum over Harvey Milk inclusion face being unseated

Politics
Jul 09 2023

Anti-trans Tory MP Miriam Cates wants to ban all pupils from social transitioning

Parents hold signs up at Birchfields Primary School protest in Manchester

Education
Jul 07 2023

‘Furious’ parents protest against LGBTQ-inclusive education outside Manchester school

Billie Jean King book

Education
Jul 03 2023

Florida school district considers ban on Billie Jean King biography after one parent complained

University of Waterloo

Crime
Jun 29 2023

Three stabbed during gender issues class at Canadian university: ‘Everybody just ran’

A young person reads a book in a school library like setting

Education
Jun 26 2023

Children’s author defends teacher set to be fired for reading inclusive book to class

LBC presenter Natasha Devon

Education
Jun 25 2023

LBC presenter blasts right-wing media for ‘recycled homophobia’ over cat identity claims

LAUSD president Jackie Goldberg during a board committee meeting.

Education
Jun 25 2023

School board president blasts book bans in rousing address: ‘Fear is not our friend, love is’

Education
Jun 23 2023

‘None of our pupils identify as a cat’: School shuts down widely-shared claims from right-wing press

Anti-LGBTQ+ protesters outside Glendale school in California

Education
Jun 22 2023

School protesters clash with police in ugly row over LGBTQ+ teaching during Pride Month

Rishi Sunak pictured outside Downing Street on 19 June.

UK
Jun 19 2023

Tories urged to drop 'harmful' trans schools guidance dubbed 'new Section 28'

Rishi Sunak at a press conference in a white shirt.

UK
Jun 19 2023

UK government expected to enforce cruel ban on trans kids in school sports, reports claim

Former pastoral assistant Kristie Higgs

Education
Jun 18 2023

Christian school worker sacked over anti-LGBTQ+ inclusion Facebook posts wins appeal

Trans
Jun 14 2023

Schools minister refuses to apologise for lack of trans guidance for teachers