Published: 13 April 2007
Television shows such as Life on Mars, which contain dialogue deemed belittling to gay people, risk fuelling a rise in homophobic bullying in schools, a teachers' leader warned yesterday.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, was speaking after a survey revealed that gay teachers were more likely to be singled out for taunts by pupils than any other group.
She warned that both anti-gay bullying and the taunting of teachers because of their body image were taken less seriously by schools than racist behaviour. continue...
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