article_snippet.sent: Schools should be forced to promote gay relationships in sex education lessons, union leaders say.
article_snippet.sent: National Union of Teachers has called for a ‘positive portrayal of same sex relationships’ in lessons to be made ‘compulsory’ under the next government.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Conference instructs the executive to call upon the present and future government to … make the executive compulsory that all schools’ sex education policies include a positive portrayal of same sex relationships.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Christine Blower, National Union of Teachers General Secretary, has called for a ‘positive portrayal of same sex relationships’ in lessons to be made ‘compulsory’ under the next government .
article_snippet.sent: Sex and relationships education is mandatory for pupils at council-run secondary schools.
article_snippet.sent: It is also compulsory for children aged between five and 14 at council-run schools to learn about sex as part of the science curriculum.