Head Teacher Receives Threats Over LGBT-Inclusive Lessons
Head Teacher Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson has been receiving threats by email and phone over LGBT-inclusive lessons taking place in her school, Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham.
The BBC reports that these calls and emails are now being investigated by the police.
Hewitt-Clarksonhas said she feels “a whole variety of emotions”over the protests.
“(I feel) embarrassment for lots of our community and our parents who think this is just awful what’s happening; frustration that it’s going on so long; frustration that great British laws like ‘you can protest peacefully’ actually are causing us a problem.”
She has said they protests have been disruptive, “very loud (and) aggressive.”
Shakeel Afsar, the leader of the protests, has no children in the school.
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