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NEW Gay Play Slammed
PARLIAMENTARY Rikki
COMMITTEE
Beadle-Blair
Metro Centre
Needs Volunteers Plans are afoot to hold a Speaker’s Conference
Fancy doing something meaningful this festive to discuss how the House of Commons can be
season? The Metro Centre in Greenwich is made more inclusive. Those assembled will discuss
looking for volunteers to help run Penelope’s the possibility of establishing a committee to
Pitstop, its new lesbian sexual health clinic. improve the visibility of under-represented groups in
Applicants will be given full training. If you want parliament. These include women, ethnic minorities Fit, a play about homophobic bullying
to get involved, just call Jackie or Andrew on and LGBT individuals. Proposing the conference, in schools, has been heavily criticised
020 8305 5000, or send an email to Commons leader Harriet Harman said “Although it in the Daily Mail, the Telegraph and
jackie@metrocentreonline.org. For more will be for each party in the House to put forward the Daily Star (all three of which were
information about the Metro Centre, visit Members for the Speaker’s Conference, and for involved in the campaign to retain
www.metrocentreonline.org. the Speaker to choose them, I would hope that it Section 28). The play, written and
will include at least one gay Member of Parliament.” directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair,
Taking the decision to call a Speaker’s Conference has been performed in 75 secondary
is a rare move – indeed, only five in total were held schools across the country. It is aimed
last century. Let’s hope we see some real results! specifically at students between the
ages of 12 and 14. Parents of children
at a school in Dagenham, where
Anti-Bullying Website Launched another performance is planned, were
quoted in the three newspapers as
Parents concerned about their children being bullied can log on to having said that they are
a newly-launched website by charity Parentline Plus. The site “uncomfortable” with the idea of
offers general advice on supporting a child who is being bullied, their children seeing the play.
but also has resources specifically aimed at the parents of lesbian
and gay children. The site also has message boards where parents
can offer one another support.
Visit
www.besomeonetotell.org.uk.
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