Where should we put the apostrophe?
The girls cloakroom
The childrens playground
Davids boyfriend
I stepped back, held my breath and waited for the silly comments, the sniggers and the inevitable disruption, but…they never came. NOTHING HAPPENED! I couldn’t believe it.
At that time, I was new to inclusion work. I had nothing LGBT+ inclusive displayed in the classroom, there had been no inclusive assemblies and we'd only had one PSHE lesson on anything LGBT+. “Surely, they’d never handle this?” I thought.
Much to my surprise, after discussing where the apostrophes should go, the class simply got on with their work. It was fantastic to witness.
For some teachers, cross-curricular LGBT+ inclusion can sound like a daunting prospect but, as is often the case, success lies in many small inclusive acts rather than one big one. So below I’m going to discuss two little approaches that can have a big impact.
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