Ahead of the close of the Government consultation on the new draft RSE Guidance, School of Sexuality Education decided to hold an event to provide a space to hear perspectives that have historically been marginalised from mainstream SRE.
We had a host of amazing speakers covering a huge range of topics, including sexual pleasure, queer identity in education and negative masculinity. The speakers and audience included young people, campaigners, activists, teachers, academics and social entrepreneurs.
At School of Sexuality Education we feel passionately that all young people should have equal access to a high quality, inclusive and relevant Sex and Relationships Education. The issues and themes raised during the conference were submitted as part of School of Sexuality Education’s response to the draft guidance.
If you didn’t manage to attend our conference, you can still…
View the programme for the event
Read our wonderful Speaker Bios
Read our write-up on the event, including recommendations and reflections from the day!
You can also read Lucy Emmerson’s (Director of the Sex Education Forum) thoughts on the draft guidance in her article in School’s Week.
Thank you to everyone who came along to the event - watch this space for the next!
Illustrations by Evie Karkera, unless otherwise credited.
Our book ‘Sex Ed: An Inclusive Teenage Guide to Sex and Relationships’ is out now.