Speaking the Unspeakable:

I think this day in age this is a topic that people are more open to talk about in a public setting, even school. I know when I was going throughout school, we always had assemblies and weeks when we spoke of what the school called "diversity". We had speakers come in from all over the state and talk about their stories whether they were gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, or bisexual. My parents are not as open to talk about these types of things as my friends and I are. They have been somewhat sheltered from it all because it was something that was NOT discussed in their day (both of them going to catholic schools of course). I think it is important to talk about things that are different from your "norm" because not talking about sexuality that is different from your own creates phobias of others.

In the article it states that, "it can be argued that teachers should take the responsibility for helping pupils to recognize sexuality and thereby work towards a greater social justice." The way that the first teacher handled coming out to her classroom of young students could not have been better. It is not something that you can just tell students and expect them to understand. You need to teach them all the different ways that people can be together. But on the other hand of it, teachers are scared for their own safety if they DO come out to the classroom because not everyone is understand like we hope for them to be. It is sometimes the easier way out to stay in their "private space- or in the closet."

Teachers within the "No Outsiders" project have displayed fears of discussing sexuality inside the classroom. They were unsure of how to properly address the topic of "sexuality as a classroom subject". The article said that these fears came from within a notion that schools are a place for child's innocence and a place to shelter and protect them from the outside world. But in reality not talking about it with children shelters them in a bad way and they will not know what actually goes on in the outside world.

I think that talking about sexuality in the classroom when children are ready for the topic is best for the teachers and the students. I believe that when children do not know of certain situations they begin to fear them and will never truly learn about them but only form negative thoughts to go along with the situation. Children are very understanding and a lot smarter than we give them credit for. Children need to learn differences and understand what it is to accept them.

This video is a GREAT way to show how much the world has changed and how much more accepting the world as a whole is becoming and it is starting with CHILDREN: Children Reacting To Gay Marriage