Parents at a Croydon primary school called for the headteacher to resign on 4 July after a ‘Proud to be me’ Pride parade was organised as part of the school curriculum in June, which parents planned to protest.
The parade was part of a series of events celebrating Pride Month which included children thinking about things of which they were proud, including what made their families special. Children were encouraged to wear ‘bright clothes’ to school for the event. Lessons on LGBT issues had been included in the teaching series.
Ruth Anderson, a parent at the school said: ‘We were given this whole story that it was all about having pride in yourself, but that’s ridiculous. There were rainbow flags around the school, and the kids were even told to wear bright colours. That’s not having pride in yourself, that is blatant support for LGBT. I am not homophobic, but my faith teaches me a certain set of beliefs, and I do not want my child’s school making her choices for her.’
