Get involved with @stonewalluk’s anti-homophobic bullying film FIT.

In an attempt to help deal with the issue of homophobic bullying in schools, the lesbian, gay and bisexual charity Stonewall has this week sent out to all secondary schools in England and Wales an interactive DVD designed to confront homophobia in schools (Stonewall Scotland is sending them out in March). Recent research conducted by YouGov for Stonewall showed the magnitude of the problem of homophobia in schools:

Nine in ten teachers said their pupils experience homophobic bullying. But nine in ten teachers have never received any training on how to prevent and respond to homophobic bullying.

Anyway, here’s a trailer for a sneak peak:

And more information, trailers and freebies can be found over at stonewall.org.uk/FIT and if you want to write your old school or your children’s school asking them to organise a screening then Stonewall have provided a template to copy and make it easy to do.

Stonewall on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stonewalluk
Stonewall on twitter: http://twitter.com/stonewalluk

Update:

Thanks to Chris Sealey, who has pointed out that there is a petition on the No10 website asking the Prime Minister to do more to tackle homophobic bullying schools:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/gay-education/

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Tags: FIT, Homophobic Bullying, LGBT, Stonewall