Teachers should support drag queen story time events as part of a push for more “inclusive teaching” in schools, the UK’s largest education union has announced.
The National Education Union (NEU) passed a motion at its annual conference that said initiatives like drag queen story time and inviting LGBT+ authors into schools can “help challenge the heteronormative culture and curriculum” in education.
It added that more schools should be encouraged to set up LGBT+ spaces and lunch clubs for pupils.
Daniel Kebede, who was recently elected as NEU general secretary, is a regular writer for the British communist daily newspaper the Morning Star….