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Celebrating Pride in every school | Whakanuia te uenuku ki ia kura<\/i><\/p>\n
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What is Schools\u2019 Pride Week?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Schools\u2019 Pride Week Aotearoa aims to:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” custom_padding=”0px||0.5em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Schools\u2019 Pride Week Aotearoa is:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#D8D0FB” custom_padding=”5em||5em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||3em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Archivo|800|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#2E0F28″ header_2_font_size=”58px” custom_padding=”0px||0.2em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0em||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|700|||||||” text_font_size=”26px” header_font_size=”20px” header_2_font=”Archivo|800|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#2E0F28″ header_2_font_size=”52px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 1) To combat rainbow-focused bullying<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_font_size=”18px” link_font=”|700|||||||” link_text_color=”#D800AA” custom_padding=”0px||0em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n All young people – regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, sex or sexuality – have the right to receive a quality education free from bullying, harassment and discrimination. Unfortunately, we know that this right is not being upheld for many rainbow, transgender and takat\u0101pui students.<\/p>\n Bullying based on harmful assumptions about people’s diverse genders, sex characteristics and sexualities is still all too common in schools and kura across Aotearoa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the Identify <\/i><\/a><\/strong>survey of over 2000 rainbow secondary school students, over one third (37%) said that they had experienced bullying at school at least once in the past 12 months. Trans students were more likely to have been bullied in the past 12 months than cisgender students (46% vs 27%).<\/p>\n The New Zealand government\u2019s national youth health and wellbeing What About Me<\/strong><\/a> 2021 survey report also found rainbow young people were more likely to experience bullying than the majority of other young people, with 48% having experienced bullying in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n Although this bullying epidemic primarily impacts rainbow students, non-rainbow students can also be targeted based on perceived gender or sexual diversity. Students have also reported that even school staff are complacent in bullying or microaggressions.<\/p>\n Learn more about the negative impacts of rainbow-focused bullying here.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|500|on||||||” text_text_color=”#d800aa” text_font_size=”18px” link_font=”|600|||on||||” link_text_color=”#D800AA” custom_padding=”0px||2em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Student testimonies from the Identify survey<\/a>:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUwMCA1MDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+CiAgICA8ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPgogICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGZpbGw9IiNFQkVCRUIiIGQ9Ik0wIDBoNTAwdjUwMEgweiIvPgogICAgICAgIDxyZWN0IGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iLjEiIGZpbGw9IiMwMDAiIHg9IjY4IiB5PSIzMDUiIHdpZHRoPSIzNjQiIGhlaWdodD0iNTY4IiByeD0iMTgyIi8+CiAgICAgICAgPGNpcmNsZSBmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk9Ii4xIiBmaWxsPSIjMDAwIiBjeD0iMjQ5IiBjeT0iMTcyIiByPSIxMDAiLz4KICAgIDwvZz4KPC9zdmc+Cg==” font_icon=”||divi||400″ portrait_width=”1px” portrait_height=”1px” use_icon_font_size=”on” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Inter|600|||||||” body_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t go a day at my school without someone using the term \u2018gay\u2019 incorrectly, or talking about how something LGBTQ related is stupid or weird. People do not understand the importance of having Rainbow spaces and clubs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUwMCA1MDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+CiAgICA8ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPgogICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGZpbGw9IiNFQkVCRUIiIGQ9Ik0wIDBoNTAwdjUwMEgweiIvPgogICAgICAgIDxyZWN0IGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iLjEiIGZpbGw9IiMwMDAiIHg9IjY4IiB5PSIzMDUiIHdpZHRoPSIzNjQiIGhlaWdodD0iNTY4IiByeD0iMTgyIi8+CiAgICAgICAgPGNpcmNsZSBmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk9Ii4xIiBmaWxsPSIjMDAwIiBjeD0iMjQ5IiBjeT0iMTcyIiByPSIxMDAiLz4KICAgIDwvZz4KPC9zdmc+Cg==” font_icon=”||divi||400″ portrait_width=”1px” portrait_height=”1px” use_icon_font_size=”on” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a lot of homophobia and transphobia in my school. I get asked inappropriate questions from peers about my sexuality and gender.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUwMCA1MDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+CiAgICA8ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPgogICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGZpbGw9IiNFQkVCRUIiIGQ9Ik0wIDBoNTAwdjUwMEgweiIvPgogICAgICAgIDxyZWN0IGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iLjEiIGZpbGw9IiMwMDAiIHg9IjY4IiB5PSIzMDUiIHdpZHRoPSIzNjQiIGhlaWdodD0iNTY4IiByeD0iMTgyIi8+CiAgICAgICAgPGNpcmNsZSBmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk9Ii4xIiBmaWxsPSIjMDAwIiBjeD0iMjQ5IiBjeT0iMTcyIiByPSIxMDAiLz4KICAgIDwvZz4KPC9zdmc+Cg==” font_icon=”||divi||400″ portrait_width=”1px” portrait_height=”1px” use_icon_font_size=”on” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”Inter|600|||||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a lot of homophobia from the students around. Being openly rainbow in the school leads to rumours and bullying, so most students have to be closeted for their own safety\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.25.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#110515″ custom_padding=”5em||5em||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0em||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pride.school.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1307433318-460.jpg” title_text=”2-1307433318-460″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0.8em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Archivo|500|on||||||” text_text_color=”#b0aede” min_height=”59.2px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Homosexual Law Reform Protest 1985<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#F8F7FC” text_font_size=”26px” text_line_height=”1.3em” header_font_size=”20px” header_2_font=”Archivo|800|||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#2E0F28″ header_2_font_size=”52px” custom_padding=”0px||1.2em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 2) To challenge the erasure of rainbow communities and histories in school curriculums<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|500|||||||” text_text_color=”#f8f7fc” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.4em” link_text_color=”#FFB7F7″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Aotearoa has a rich tapestry of rainbow history, activism, art and literature that deserves to be acknowledged and taught in school. <\/p>\n Unfortunately, people with diverse genders, sexualities and sex characteristics remain largely invisible in our current school curriculums.\u00a0<\/p>\n Only about a third (32%) of students from the Identify Survey<\/a><\/em> said they had learnt positive or helpful things about rainbow people, histories or issues at school.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Inter|500|||||||” text_text_color=”#f8f7fc” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.4em” link_font=”||||||||” link_text_color=”#FFB7F7″ custom_padding=”0px||2.2em||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The topics, issues, and people we learn about at school play a big part in shaping our knowledge of the world and how we relate to other people.<\/p>\n Learning about rainbow and intersex people’s societal contributions provides students with positive role models and helps normalise gender, sexual and sex diversity. Students might not have opportunities to learn about the rainbow community in other areas of their lives.<\/p>\n\n
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Why do we need pride in schools?<\/h2>\n