In a decision branded “shocking”, the Scottish Parliament has rejected a call to include LGBTI+ education in Scottish schools.
Yesterday morning, Tuesday 12th Jan, a petition put forward asking the “Scottish government to make the teaching of LGBTI+ issues and topics statutory” was unanimously rejected by representatives of Scotland’s three majority parties according to Buzzfeed.
The group of MSPs said it was unable to ask the Scottish government to force through LGBTI inclusion in its schools.
The co-founder of the TIE campaign, Jordan Daly, said:
“Absolutely the wrong decision has been made here. How many more chil