The United Kingdom’s largest teacher’s union said this week that schools across the nation should welcome drag queens and host more LGBT events.
During a meeting of the National Education Union (NEU) this week, the teachers voted in favor of a measure to bring drag queen “story hour” and other pride events to schools in order to take on “heteronormative culture.”
“Initiatives like drag queen story time and inviting LGBT+ authors into schools can help challenge the heteronormative culture and curriculum that dominates education,” the motion said.
From The Daily Wire:
According to NEU joint secretary general Mary Bousted, one reason for the motion was to counter the influence of online personalities like Andrew Tate. “The NEU is committed to sharing and disseminating teaching resources and strategies to help members support success and positive school experiences for all LGBT+ students, including trans and non-binary students,” she said. The motion was voted on after one teacher accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of “supporting the far-Right attacks on drag queen storytime” and “the murder of beautiful souls like Brianna [Ghey],” according to The Telegraph. Ghey, a trans-identifying teenager, was stabbed to death in a park earlier this year. The teacher later apologized, according to a spokesman for the union, saying that she did not mean to say that the prime minister was complicit in murder. “She apologizes and withdraws the specific allegation that Rishi Sunak supported the murder of a young trans girl. Many trans and non-binary teachers feel strongly that the Government is not doing enough to support them but it is essential that we always debate policy solutions in calm and measured ways,” the spokesman said.
