UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn: Let's Teach Kids LGBT History (Video)

@ 2026 Equal Entertainment LLC.
All rights reserved

UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn: Let's Teach Kids LGBT History
"I want it to become part of the norm of discussion in schools, so discussing it in literature, discussing it in history, so that we don't treat it as separate."
 Dawn Ennis
          
          Oct 28, 2016
          
        
Dawn Ennis
The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
 See Full Bio 
                  Follow:
                  

        
        FROM OUR SPONSORS
        
    

        
        The Latest
        
    
Arts & Entertainment
        Liza Minnelli, flanked by a phalanx of dancers, surprises audience at the GLAAD Media Awards
    The gay icon brought the LGBTQ+ awards show to its feet.
Daniel Reynolds
National
        House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’
    Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.
Christopher Wiggins
Education
        Virginia school board settles lawsuit with students accused of harassing trans classmate
    Stone Bridge High School had found two Loudoun County boys responsible for harassment and discrimination last March.
Jack Walker
States
        Texas AG Ken Paxton says ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids also applies to talk therapy
    Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.
Jacob Ogles

        
        More For You
        
        Pete Buttigieg & Robert Garcia join chorus of leaders condemning Donald Trump’s ‘war of choice’ with Iran
    
Christopher Wiggins
Feb 28, 2026
The U.S. Capitol is seen on February 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Israel had launched an attack on Iran on Saturday morning. 

        Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
    
        Political leaders around the country are expressing outrage over the start of armed conflict between the United States and Iran. Keep Reading →

        Puerto Vallarta felt like ‘The Purge,' American says of unrest in Mexican tourist destination
    
Christopher Wiggins
Feb 23, 2026
The Malecon boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state, Mexico.

         Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images
    
        Shortly after mid-morning Sunday, black smoke began rising in staggered columns across the curve of Mexico’s Bay of Banderas, a familiar postcard vista that, by nightfall, had become a horizon of surging unrest. Keep Reading →

        Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose how weaponizing ‘scarcity’ drives anti-trans political attacks
    
Christopher Wiggins
Feb 18, 2026
Hillary Clinton moderates the panel talk "Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights: Fighting the Global Pushback" at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026 in Munich, Germany. 

        Johannes Simon/Getty Images
    
        The first out transgender member of the U.S. Congress took the world stage in Germany last week, warning that attacks on people like her and on LGBTQ+ rights more broadly are being weaponized in the current political climate, as she joined former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a high-profile panel at the Munich Security Conference. Keep Reading →

        LGBTQ+ people are important to global economy, corporate allies say at Davos
    
Christopher Wiggins
Jan 22, 2026
Workday showed its LGBTQ+ support at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

        GLAAD
    
        As rainbow lights washed across corporate venues in the Swiss Alpine resort town of Davos, advocates and allies sent a message that cut through the noise of the World Economic Forum: LGBTQ+ people belong in the global economy, even — and perhaps especially — when powerful leaders try to push them out. Keep Reading →

        Greenlandic families ‘frightened’ amid rising tensions over Trump takeover plan, Sarah McBride warns
    
Christopher Wiggins
Jan 20, 2026
People hold up Greenlandic flags as they gather to welcome Greenland's Foreign Minister after she landed at the airport in Greenland's capital Nuuk on January 20, 2026.

         Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images) / Denmark OUT
    
        Rep. Sarah McBride, the Delaware Democrat who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sunday that talk of the United States acquiring Greenland has left ordinary people in the Arctic territory “frightened for their safety,” underscoring a diplomatic rupture with Europe that is shaking NATO and inflaming public opinion from Copenhagen to Nuuk. Keep Reading →

        Most Popular
        
Elections
        Texas Democrats force runoff between pioneering LGBTQ+ current House rep and ex-congressman
    Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.
Christopher Wiggins
Elections
        Anti-LGBTQ+ Congressman Dan Crenshaw ousted by more extreme candidate in Texas GOP primary
    The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.
Christopher Wiggins
States
        Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills
    Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.
Christopher Wiggins
Crime
        Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds
    Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.
Christopher Wiggins
News
        Nonbinary student sues Michigan school district for allegedly ignoring years of reported bullying
    The Loy Norrix High School student says the school district did nothing to protect them or investigate claims they were being assaulted and harassed.
Gisselle Palomera
News
        D.C. federal judge signals urgency as trans service members push for Trump military ban trial
    Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request. 
Christopher Wiggins

Site Navigation

UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn: Let's Teach Kids LGBT History

"I want it to become part of the norm of discussion in schools, so discussing it in literature, discussing it in history, so that we don't treat it as separate."

The Latest

Liza Minnelli, flanked by a phalanx of dancers, surprises audience at the GLAAD Media Awards

The gay icon brought the LGBTQ+ awards show to its feet.

House Oversight Dem Robert Garcia celebrates Kristi Noem’s firing: ‘Now we don’t have to impeach her’

Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

Virginia school board settles lawsuit with students accused of harassing trans classmate

Stone Bridge High School had found two Loudoun County boys responsible for harassment and discrimination last March.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids also applies to talk therapy

Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

These are the 38 countries that have legalized marriage equality (in order)

13 LGBTQ+ British Royals in History

Retired Space Force colonel warns Trump’s Iran strikes are ‘reckless adventurism and distraction’

Canadian school shooting sparks anti-trans uproar after shooter identified

Andorra, One of World's Smallest Countries, to Pass Marriage Equality

More For You

Pete Buttigieg & Robert Garcia join chorus of leaders condemning Donald Trump’s ‘war of choice’ with Iran

Puerto Vallarta felt like ‘The Purge,' American says of unrest in Mexican tourist destination

Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose how weaponizing ‘scarcity’ drives anti-trans political attacks

LGBTQ+ people are important to global economy, corporate allies say at Davos

Greenlandic families ‘frightened’ amid rising tensions over Trump takeover plan, Sarah McBride warns

Most Popular

Texas Democrats force runoff between pioneering LGBTQ+ current House rep and ex-congressman

Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Congressman Dan Crenshaw ousted by more extreme candidate in Texas GOP primary

The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.

Tennessee lawmakers weigh a dozen new Republican anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

Nonbinary student sues Michigan school district for allegedly ignoring years of reported bullying

The Loy Norrix High School student says the school district did nothing to protect them or investigate claims they were being assaulted and harassed.

D.C. federal judge signals urgency as trans service members push for Trump military ban trial

Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.

Latest Stories

Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week.

UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn: Let's Teach Kids LGBT History

"I want it to become part of the norm of discussion in schools, so discussing it in literature, discussing it in history, so that we don't treat it as separate."

FROM OUR SPONSORS

The Latest

The gay icon brought the LGBTQ+ awards show to its feet.

Donald Trump fired the homeland security secretary and announced that a U.S. senator from Oklahoma will step into the role.

Stone Bridge High School had found two Loudoun County boys responsible for harassment and discrimination last March.

Mental health care providers in Texas risk their license if they deliver care related to transitioning to minors, the Republican attorney general who is running for U.S. Senate wrote.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

Rep. Julie Johnson and former Rep. Colin Allred will face each other once more before voters know who will stand for election in November.

The Texas Republican championed a federal ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for minors.

Advocates warn that the proposals targeting employment protections, health care, marriage equality, and Pride displays could reshape life for LGBTQ+ Tennesseans.

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community calls it something else.

The Loy Norrix High School student says the school district did nothing to protect them or investigate claims they were being assaulted and harassed.

Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.