'It’s so important that we see the Northern Ireland assembly back up and running, that we see these key pieces of legislation such the LGBTQIA+ strategy, and the ban of conversion therapy.'
Some schools in Northern Ireland are teaching pupils that homosexuality is wrong, a new report says. An investigation by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission into relationships and sex education provision found that a third of post-primary schools would use lessons to state that "heterosexual relationships was the 'main' or 'ideal' context for sexual intimacy".
Read more: Young people in Northern Ireland support desegregation but many plan on leaving for life elsewhere June is Pride Month, celebrated each year to honour the Stonewall riots of 1969 and the ongoing work to improve rights for the LGBTQIA+ community. A Police Service of Northern Ireland report published last month said homophobic incidents "tend to reach a peak between May and September" while lower levels "tend to be seen between October and February".
"It’s so important that we see the Northern Ireland assembly back up and running, that we see these key pieces of legislation such the LGBTQIA+ strategy, and the ban of conversion therapy."
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