How accepting is your dc’s school of gay people?

My DD has numerous gay friends and one trans friend at her East London Comp. There are openly gay teachers. In fact I'd go as far as to say that being gay is now seen as cool amongst teenagers nowadays.

DD's old school (she left last last year) is a massive Stonewall supporter and last year they had a visit from Sir Ian McKellen to speak to the pupils. No-one batted an eyelid that one of her friendship group was gay. I wish it was thus everywhere.

Mine go to an East London comprehensive and on the rare occasion somebody admits to being gay they are seen as ‘odd’. Never known the school to participate in or acknowledge Pride. My dd has challenged homophobic views but understands that some cultures need sensitive handling. A few years ago it had shocked her that the Deputy Head Girl had voiced blatant anti-gay views on the coach home from a Public Speaking competition but hadn’t been challenged by a teacher. We spoke about how we can calmly challenge views.

Ours is a catholic high school, where several teachers past and present are gay, and numerous students were/are it’s a non issue. Ia fact when I was there in the 90’s we had guy staff and students, and I can honesty recall nothing ever being said, and it was just the ‘norm’. My eldest went to a different high school in year 9, and many students were in gay relationships and no in batted an eyelid.

My sons go to a London state grammar school and there is a Pride Club at the school and some openly gay teachers. Some of the older boys go on the Pride march with the teachers.

I don't know what the attitudes amongst the boys generally are or how they talk in the playground.

LGBT+ Club at DD's school and many of the girls identify as other than 'straight'.

Dd is at a pretty conservative Small Private school so no LGBT groups or similar but the kids themselves are very accepting and don’t really care.
One girl in DD’s class has 2 mums, a couple of girls made comments back in Y7 but were shut down very quickly by the rest of the class

How have we got to a place where is it appropriate for adults and children to know who each other likes to sleep with? It’s all a bit bizarre to me.
I (female) and my husband teach in the same school. We share the same (relatively unusual) surname. I think all of the students know that we are married. How would this suddenly become inappropriate if we were the same sex?

Can I ask what college this is please

Ds1 says many bi, a few gay, one trans. No one seems to be at all bothered about any of it. None of his friends care, at all.

with all the stonewall notice boards etc ( and mermaids leaflets for students to take) not on your nelly.

How have we got to a place where is it appropriate for adults and children to know who each other likes to sleep with? It’s all a bit bizarre to me.
We've always been there...kids have always known that a teacher was married - it's even in the title for lots of women...why was a woman's marital status (aka who she sleeps with) ever appropriate to be made so public?

My school is very accepting of both, openly homosexual individuals both in staff and students. I rarely hear 'gay' used as an insult but have still had some challenging discussions with homophobic students when these topics are discussed during sessions like sex & relationships.

Why do sexual preferences have to come into being taught maths and English? I really don’t understand “the big deal.”

How have we got to a place where is it appropriate for adults and children to know who each other likes to sleep with? It’s all a bit bizarre to me.

On the surface it’s accepting, with all the stonewall notice boards etc ( and mermaids leaflets for students to take). In reality “gay” is often used as an insult.

Very sorry to hear that your Ds has such a miserable time.

Dc go to two S London comps and have friends who have been open about their gay sexuality since age 14. No one thinks twice about it, they just ‘are’. Now Dc has a friendship group with a Transboy, they are all relaxed and accepting.

Of course this is an observation from my non gay, non trans Dc, but I do have a Dc with a significant difference / protected characteristic with no issues.

Diversity in S London comps is very diverse. Sex, sexuality and gender non-conformism form part of the acceptance of diversity.

I hope your son has found his tribe and is happy.

‘Tis the trend these days

Seems to be accepted at my dd’s private girls school. Lots of openly gay and bi girls apparently!

Ds 2 goes to a specialist performing arts school. Very very much accepted.

Openly gay teachers and students at my elder son's school. It is a extremely selective public school with an alpha reputation, yet they are accepted and homophobia is not acceptable there.

Openly gay and trans students at my younger son's very selective private school. It has more of a creative reputation and so the environment is very accepting of being different.

Gay staff and students...very accepting/celebrating awareness etc.

dd1 is 13, she is openly gay at school, and there is a LGBT club.
One of the teachers is helping organise the local pride march next year, and has given the girls leaflets (in the LGBT club)

So, I think it is pretty open!

And a young friend of ours who has since come out says he had a terrible time with low level bullying at the same school.

DC's school was awful. A local
Preacher came in to chat about something to assembly. And he managed to tell the kids that being gay was a sin. DS, being a firebrand marched straight to the Head and complained.

Same at my school, openly gay students and teachers and once a term we have a "flexible learning day" where the usual lessons are broken down and each year does something different for the day (enterprise, sex ed, STEM etc), a lot of the session include awareness around the LGBTQ community. Plus we have lots of posters dotted around school emphasising the normality of it