Ara Sánchez announces that a working group will be created to prepare the Plan on LGBTI Education and Diversity in schools

The Secretary General of Equality and Reconciliation, Ara Sánchez Vera, announced this Wednesday the creation of a working group that will ensure the equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the field of education and which will lay the foundations for the Plan of Education and Diversity LGTBI in schools, a commitment mandated by Law 12/2015, of April 8 and included in its article 20. Sánchez made these statements while participating in the Plenary Meeting of School VIII against Bullying with LGBTIFOBIA, which was held at the Extremadura Assembly. “We have already taken the first steps,” said the general secretary, and this working group “will be responsible for preparing the document that will make compulsory education in Extremadura a more diverse, integrated environment , a trustee and a democrat.” This law, in Sánchez’s own words, guarantees that a prevention protocol will be implemented in all educational institutions, to avoid homophobic, lesbophobic, biphobic and/or transphobic attitudes or behavior which means prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. . During his speech at the opening of the event, he described this plenary session as “one of the most important that has been held in this room, without prejudice to any of the issues to discuss there, because each one is essential for Extremadura and the Extremadurans”. Referring to the last edition, the first since she took responsibility for LGTBI issues, she said that it “left on It really moved me. Every testimony I heard brought me closer to a painful, unfair reality.” These publications opened a line of work to improve the situation of people who suffer harassment due to LGTBIphobia and “contribute to its eradication.” Therefore, he has mentioned the close relationship he has established during this time with the main organizations working in Extremadura for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans community. sexual, connections that “have also become friendly, reliable connections, to pick up the phone and ask them what you think of this step, this logo, this awareness campaign. Ara Sánchez ended his speech by thanking Fundación Triángulo for organizing this annual event and for turning the Assembly of Extremadura into a place “that welcomes the voice of the people of Extremadura.” He also addressed his words to the students of the IES Pérez Comendador de Plasencia, to whom he expressed his gratitude for supporting diversity. Finally, he thanked the General Secretariat of Education and Vocational Training and the General Secretary of Social Services, Inclusion, Children and Family for their commitment, for having created a “perfect” work team that, with commitment, can achieve work and determination. that Extremadura is a region where everyone can safely develop their life project, regardless of their sexuality, expression or gender identity.”