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Results 1-4 of 4 for gay speaker:Stephen Williams
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part]: Bullying in Schools (17 Oct 2007) has video
Stephen Williams: ...from other forms of bullying because while a person who is bullied because of such aspects as their race or religion will have a peer group to turn to, a person who is bullied because they are gay, or suspected to be gay even though they are not, will not usually have a peer group in the school to turn to. Additionally, they will probably not have had the important coming out conversation...
- Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day — First Part]: Bullying in Schools (17 Oct 2007) has video
Stephen Williams: The Minister mentioned the importance of language and the use of the word "gay" as a term of abuse to suggest that something is second-rate or derisory. What sort of message does he think the BBC sends out when it allows leading disc jockeys, who are listened to by a large number of young people, to use the word "gay" in a pejorative sense? The BBC says that that is acceptable because the BBC...
- Sexual Health (HIV/AIDS) (9 Feb 2006)
Stephen Williams: ...which may sound like a road traffic vehicle to a layman like me, but stands for lymphogranuloma venereum, a horrible-sounding bacterial infection of the anus that is increasingly being detected in gay men and has been found in women's vaginas in Holland, too. That disease is particularly difficult to detect and is another worrying facet of sexually transmitted infections. I shall talk...
- Written Answers — Education and Skills: Homophobic Bullying (12 Oct 2005)
Stephen Williams: ...sessions her Department is providing to teachers and head teachers (a) to enable them to challenge homophobic bullying in schools and (b) to improve the academic attainment and truancy rates of gay and lesbian pupils.