School Diversity Week 2019
🌈 HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🌈 photo by Jesse Toksvig-Stewart On Monday 24th June, I attended the Parliamentary Launch of Just Like Us ' School Diversity Week 2019 . SDW is a week in which schools and colleges across the UK promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality in education. This year it will be taking place from 1st-5th July, with over 1 million schoolchildren taking part. School Diversity Week has the power to make an immeasurable impact on not only the LGBT+ pupils in the school, but all who partake. It's possible thanks to a multitude of free lesson plans and materials that Just Like Us has created to help implement LGBT+ inclusive learning into schools. The week before the event, I was asked to make a speech - talking about my experiences at school, what I do as a JLU Ambassador, and how important SDW is. It was extremely nerve-wracking, but I'm so glad I said yes! Afterwards, I was able to speak with so many wonderful people, and it was bri...