Scottish Government

Sexual Orientation

The LGBT community has unique needs and experiences in education and training.

Scottish Executive

• Promoting Equal Opportunities in Education - Project Two Guidance On Dealing With Homophobic Incidents: Phase 1 Executive Summary(2006) Executive summary of LGBT Youth research report on how homophobic incidents and homophobia is dealt with in schools.
• Promoting Equal Opportunities in Education - Project Two: Guidance On Dealing With Homophobic Incidents: Phase 1 Report and Recommendations (2006) LGBT Youth research report on how homophobic incidents and homophobia is dealt with in schools.

• Sexual Orientation Research Phase 3 - A Stocktake of Local Authority Policy and Practice (2006) A stocktake of current policy and practice relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people at local authority level in Scotland that provides a baseline for the policy and practice of local authority in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Sexual Orientation Research Phase 3 - A Stocktake of Local Authority Policy and Practice (2006) Research Findings
• Sexual Orientation Research Phase 2: The Future of LGBT Research - Perspectives of Community Organisations (2003)
• Sexual Orientation Research Phase 2: The Future of LGBT Research - Perspectives of Community Organisations (2003)
• Sexual Orientation Research Phase 1: A Review of Methodological Approaches Education (2003) See Policy & Subject Areas, Section 5.1.4

Department for Education and Skills

• Teacher's Careers: The Impact of Age, Disability, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2003) This study presents findings from a study of teachers' career progress and the ways in which headteachers, teachers, school governors and others perceive that age, disability, ethnicity and gender and to a limited extent sexual orientation impact on teachers' careers.
• Teacher's Careers: The Impact of Age, Disability, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2003) The research brief for the above study.