Homophobia in Staff Rooms

Submitted by Roz on Wed, 04/01/2012 - 12:52am

A YouGov poll, commissioned by Stonewall in the UK, discovered that 43% of secondary school teachers have heard homophobic comments from their colleagues. Today no teacher who made racist remarks would escape widespread rebuke; so why is homophobia still tolerated?

A teacher is required to educate, enlighten and inspire yet also to give pastoral support, to help a child navigate through possibly the most challenging and daunting time of his or her life. How can a homophobic teacher deal with the myriad problems young people face, especially incidences of homophobic bullying among the pupils?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/29/homophobia-school-st...