Stonewall chief: teach preschool children to celebrate being gay

Preschool children should be taught about gay relationships to combat future homophobia in society, the new chief executive of Stonewall has told the Independent.

Ruth Hunt said that the gay-rights charity plans to commission books “celebrating difference in all its forms for under-fives”.

The initiative is part of the organisation’s commitment to tackling homophobia in schools, which has the backing of the new Education Secretary.

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More: read Ruth Hunt's full interview.