Supporting Teachers Address Anti-LGBTQ+ Language
January 21, 2025 | 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm GMT
Virtual
About this event:
Single Session
Our single professional learning sessions are designed to easily fit into your day. Typically one hour or less, these sessions explore timely and relevant topics including teaching strategies, current events, and more.
Instructor-Led
This professional learning event will be led by Facing History staff. When you register, you will receive instructions for how to attend the event.
As educators, we know that unless we prepare to address language with intention and care, we risk causing harm and creating inhospitable classroom environments where students may feel like they don’t belong and where they cannot learn. Inclusion and tolerance should be at the heart of every school environment to both encourage the young people in our care to grow up to be respectful and empathetic individuals but also to ensure effective safeguarding practice is taking place.
According to a 2020 survey of 6,000 students at 90 schools by Diversity Role Models, gay, bisexual and transgender secondary school students were twice as likely (42%) to report bullying compared to non-LGBT+ pupils, and 46% of LGBT+ pupils did not feel safe at their schools. When asked about homophobic language at school, 54% of all pupils surveyed said they had heard it, compared to 26% of the 2,800 teachers who were also polled in the research. It is critical that teachers feel confident to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language and actions, and to engender a brave and reflective classroom space for all students.
Activities and resources from the session will be provided and there will be the opportunity to share experiences with and learn from other teachers.
This event is aimed at teachers in the UK.
