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LGBT History Month

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Assembly Plan • What is LGBT history month? • Sexual and Gender Identities • Key events timeline of history • Gareth Thomas video and reflection • What can we do?

LGBTQ History Month LGBT History Month

LGBTQ History Month is celebrated every year in February. It’s purpose is to promote equality & diversity throughout the UK and help to educate people on Sexual and Gender Identities.

What does LGBTQ mean?

The ‘Q’ in LGBTQ represents the identity Questioning. Anybody can question their gender or sexual identity. Sexual Identities

First and foremost……we all have a sexual identity!

This can differ from person to person. We don’t all experience attraction in the same ways, so it is very personal to every individual person.

Some sexual identities you may have heard of could include:

• • • Bisexual • Heterosexual or Straight

You should never feel pressured to label your sexual identity and is it ok to question!

Gender Identities

And……we all have a gender identity.

Sometimes our gender matches the gender we were assigned at birth, and quite simply, sometimes it doesn’t.

When our gender identity does NOT match this is what is called Trans or .

There are lots of different identities that people identify with. Some examples are:

• Trans • Transgender • Transman or Transwoman • Non-Binary

You should never feel pressured to label your gender identity. There are many different ways people can identity, and some people may prefer not to have a label at all.

People may choose to tell you how they identify, others may prefer not to. It is important to be respectful of this. Key Events in LGBTQ History

1968: is declassified as an illness. 1980s: HIV Aids epidemic 1932: Lili Elbe becomes 1969: Riots sparks anti- the first known person and the birth of the Gay gay sentiment to begin gender Liberation Movement in the media reassignment surgery.

1885: Gross Indecency offence is created making homosexuality illegal.

1967 – 1980: Sex between men is fully 1988: comes 1952: is decriminalised across into force prohibiting convicted for ‘indecency’ England, & local authorities in and agrees to be England and Wales from chemically medicated as ‘promoting’ punishment. homosexuality in schools. Key Events in LGBTQ History

2000: The Sexual 2010: The Equality Act Offences Act comes into force equalises the age of protecting people from consent. discrimination based on LGBT people are 2004: sexual orientation or 2017: Celebrating 50 allowed to serve The Adoption & Children gender reassignment. years since the openly in the military. Act. partial Gender Recognition Act. decriminalisation of Civil Partnership Act. homosexuality

2013: The Marriage 2003: Section (Same Sex Couples) Act 28 is repealed in 2002: legalises same-sex England and marriage in England Transsexualism is Wales. declassified as an and Wales. illness. 2008: for 2015: A referendum is lowered to 16 in means same-sex . marriage will soon be legal in the .

LGBTQ History Month

LGBTQ History Month is a CELEBRATION of LGBTQ lives. There are many examples of how you can support & celebrate people’s identity.

Think of your class/form, year group and whole school.

We are all a team.

An example of how we can all come together is the story of Gareth Thomas.

Lets look at his story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFeo2epi-Lw

Why are we celebrating?

We will NOT For LGBTQ We want tolerate History OUR school bullying or month we to be discriminatory want to be a inclusive. visible ally to language. all identities.

LGBTQ History Month

Being an ally means that we will be:

Think about…

How can we do this?

Can you think of any allies in school? E.g. teachers, friends

Are there any celebrity allies you can think of?

How can we celebrate?