Liberals Call for action in schools against Homophobia

At the National Advisory Group Meeting,London 21st Feb, for LGBT Community groups involved with police and community safety issues, Merseyside LGBT representatives were critical that not enough was being done to tackle homophobia in Merseyside schools

At a consequence the Liberal Party Group have tabled a request for both research be carried out and that the Education Director for Liverpool to analyse what is currently being delivered in Liverpool Schools , both secular and religious, to tackle homphobia

Similar research in Birmingham (the Pink Shield Project survey of 750 LBGT ) showed alarming responses:

45% of females and 52% of males suffered harassment in last 5 years

26% of males and 14% of females had suffered violent attacks

35% of men had been subject to bullying at school

"We fear that the extend of this problem as shown by the Birmingham research will be true of other conurbations such as Liverpool.

We are determined that people do not suffer such vile oppression because of their lifestyle, Merseyside Police have introduced sound policies for policing the LGBT communities, we now want to see the Education Authorities take stronger and more comprehensive steps to tackle homophobia  early on" Cllr Steve Radford