Its Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues In Schools

Children are among the most open minded, because of their innocence children are open books. Introducing children to LGBT relationship as early as primary school is a step in the right direction; to creating a fully acceptable environment in the future. I agree completely with the ideas of this article, i believe that if children are exposed to non-heterosexual relationships early in life, they will be more likely to accept or feel more accepted. I found this passage from the article to be very interesting...

     "Arguments suggesting that LGBT teachers refrain from discussing their relationships within the school fail to acknowledge that children themselves might benefit from the openness of LGBT role models for a variety of reasons: because they may identify (or eventually 322 A. Allan et al.identify) themselves as LGBT or just ‘different’, because they have gay or lesbian parents (Letts and Sears 1999; Kissen 2002) and because one of the duties of school is to prepare all children to live in a diverse society (DePalma and Jennett 2007)."

This passage directly relates to my own personal ideas on this subject, children do not benefit from being sheltered from the real world. Those teachers that are in seemingly "normal" heterosexual relationships do not have to hide any aspects of their lives, but the teachers who are not "out" have to hide from their children every Monday to Friday. I will never understand the double standard that society puts on those people would do not want a "normal" relationship. Why is it "weird" to be in a LGBT relationship, why not the other way around? 

I think watching this video would give a lot of people a new respect for children and their ability to accept differences around them. I know after I watched this video I have a new respect for children's awareness.