Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Members

The annual LGBT Members’ Consultation Conferences have proven to be highly successful, with previous events considering issues such as heterosexism within the curriculum, international LGBT issues and the issues facing Trans workers. This year's LGBT Consultation Conference will take place on 20th February in Birmingham and the theme is 'Tackling Homophobia'. Sessions will include tackling homophobia in education, strategies for building a diverse profession, faith-based education and tackling violence in LGBT relationships. The conference is open to all LGBT members and members can register via this website. In a time of rapid change, this Conference will give lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) teachers the opportunity to explore the challenges facing them, discuss the key professional issues and share experiences as well as hear from speakers from the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), Stonewall and Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT.

Flyer of the LGBT Teachers Consultation Conference 2010 (PDF 742 KB)

Report of LGBT Members' Consultation Conference 2009 (MS Word - 52KB)

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The NASUWT provides a two-day training course specifically aimed at LGBT members interested in getting involved in the Union. This course for new LGBT activists is available at some Regional Centres and at Hillscourt Education Centre in Rednal, Birmingham. The NASUWT also runs a professional seminar for LGBT teachers entitled ‘Out and Safe’, which considers issues facing LGBT teachers and relevant legal protections.

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Stonewall, the national lesbian, gay and bisexual charity, has launched FIT, a feature-film produced to help secondary schools tackle homophobic bullying. Written by playwright Rikki Beadle-Blair, FIT is an intelligent, powerful and entertaining film that tackles the issue of homophobic bullying in a culture where everything from not liking sport to wearing the wrong trainers is 'gay'. The film, which has been part-funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Scottish Government, has been especially created for Key Stage 3 and 4 students, and specifically complements various learning objectives from the national curriculum, including PHSE, Citizenship, Performing Arts and English.

The film is based on Stonewall’s 2007 and 2008 Theatre in Education production of the same name, which toured over 75 secondary schools across Britain and was seen by more than 20,000 secondary school students, giving them the opportunity to discuss homophobia and their attitudes towards gay people. Year 8 pupil Navdeep said, “After watching it, we realised it was wrong to use the word gay as a cuss word”.

FIT can be downloaded below. This video is embedded from the NASUWT YouTube channel. You may have difficulty viewing it if you have filters blocking the site.