Giving Compass' Take:

• British Members of Parliament (MPs) recently vote in favor of requiring all secondary schools to teach LGBTQ+ and inclusive sex education courses beginning in September 2020. 

• How can UK-based LGBTQ nonprofits act as resources for educators?

• Read about how England is building a mental health curriculum for schools.

Parliament has had quite a busy week.

But the day before vote after vote (after vote after vote…) failed to find a way past the stubborn Brexit impasse, another motion saw a landslide majority — but barely made the news.

British MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of LGBTQ+ inclusive sex and relationships education by an immense margin of 538 to 21.

It means that from September 2020 all secondary schools must teach students about sexual orientation, harmful stereotypes, and gender identity — and all primary schools will give lessons on family structures that include LGBTQ+ relationships.

According to the Terrence Higgins Trust, a sexual health charity, 97% of young people support the idea.

Together with LGBTQ+ inclusion, it will be the first change to sex and relationship education in nearly 20 years.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds brought the motion to the House of Commons on Wednesday — and activists have reacted to the outcome with joy.

“Currently, two in five LGBT pupils are taught nothing about LGBT issues in school,” Mo Wiltshire, Stonewall UK’s director of education and youth, told Global Citizen. “While progress has been made, nearly half of LGBT pupils are still bullied for being themselves.”

Wiltshire urged the government to invest in the necessary training to ensure the teaching is delivered in the right way — but praised the ruling, pending approval by the House of Lords.

Read the full article about LGBTQ+ sex education in UK by James Hitchings-Hales at Global Citizen.