Bullying of gay pupils 'must stop' CAMPAIGN.BULLYING of gay school pupils must be stamped out, campaigners said yesterday. Leave It Out, published by Save the Children in partnership with the Rainbow Project and Youthnet, is aimed at post-primary school staff and young people. In a foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. , Education Minister Caitriona Ruane said: "Nobody should ever be bullied or isolated because of their perceived sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. and I welcome this resource and teaching pack." Save the Children said a number of pupils suffered homophobic ho·mo·pho·bi·a n. 1. Fear of or contempt for lesbians and gay men. 2. Behavior based on such a feeling. [homo(sexual) + -phobia. bullying because they were perceived to be gay. Spokesman Peter Bryson said: "We would encourage schools to record all homophobic bullying incidents that occur in order to develop better strategies to reduce bullying overall." |
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