The topic of sexual education has always put students, parents, and teachers on edge.

Over the past few years, schools have had to ask some tough questions, like whether or not students in grade school or under should learn about gender and sexual orientation in their sex education classes. More and more schools are answering “yes” but some still insist that queer topics do not have a place in public schools.

With same sex marriage being legal in Canada for over a decade, it may be easy to think that the fight for queer equality has been fought and won. While the LGBTQ community has progressed an incredible amount in a short time, the fight is not over yet.

Sex education is a course that should not be taken lightly, given that it can have a number of personal and social consequences. It provides the structure around sexuality, one of the most vulnerable things about being human, both physically and emotionally.

In light of Ontario’s changes to sex ed policies made in July, which reverted the curriculum back to a 1998 version that fails to address sexual orientation and gender identity, it’s important to reiterate what queer representation in sex education means, and what it has done for the queer community. Read more via the Link Newspaper