https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/08/26/open-letter-minister-motshekga-must-make-schools-safe-for-queer-youth/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/08/26/open-letter-minister-motshekga-must-make-schools-safe-for-queer-youth/#comment-1141718 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:55:25 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=109699#comment-1141718 I AM IN FULL SUPPORT THAT STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN BY YOU AND, THE RESPONSIBLE MINISTER, YOUR AS WELL AS PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION TO OPPOSE BULLYING AT SCHOOLS AND ANY FORM OF HOMOPHOBIC CONDUCT AGAINST GAY CHILDREN OF WHATEVER AGE AND IN WHATEVER GRADE AT ALL SCHOOLS. NONE OF THOSE CHILDREN HAVE ELECTED TO BE GAY OR TO BELONG TO THIS LGBTQI MINORITY GROEP IN SOCIETY. FEW IF ANY OF THEM WILL BE THE TROUBLE MAKERS IN SCHOOLS AND IN SOCIETY AT LARGE. NONE OF THE PRACTICES TO “CURE” SUCH CHILDREN SHOULD BE PERMISSIBLE, BUT SHOULD ACTIVELY BE OPPOSED AND BANED IN SCHOOLS AND IN SOCIETY AT LARGE. BUT, AS THE PETITION – OPEN LEFFER – STATES, MUCH OF THE DISCRIMINATION, BULLYING, NAME-CALLING AND MUCH WORSE CONDUCT SUCH AS THE SO-CALLOED “CORRECTIVE GANG RAPE” AND EVEN MURDER AGAINST ANY PERSON IN THE LGBTQI IDENTITY GROUP COMES FROM INSENSATIVE AND UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED AND BRUTAL ADULTS AND CO-LEARNERS AND THIS NEEDS TO BE OPPOSED BY APPROPRIATE AND INFORMED EDUCATION. AND SUCH EDUCATION CANNOT TAKE PLACE IN A ONCE-OFF LESSON OF 40 MINUTES OR SO. IT NEEDS TO COME FROM THE ATTITUDES AND CONDUCT OF ALL TEACHING AND ADMIN STAFF IN SCHOOLS . SADLY, MADAM MINISTER, YOU HAVE MANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL TO COPE WITH – THE LGBTQI GROUP IN GENERAL IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/08/26/open-letter-minister-motshekga-must-make-schools-safe-for-queer-youth/#comment-1141666 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:44:09 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=109699#comment-1141666 Shocking and so tragic

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