Activist calls for teachers’ code to prohibit LGBT discrimination

Joel Simpson speaking on behalf of the Guyana Equality Forum at the 11th Turkeyen and Tain Talks last Wednesday.

The Ministry of Education’s Code of Conduct for teachers should be amended to prohibit discrimination against youth on the grounds of sexual orientation, Director of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Joel Simpson has recommended.

Simpson was at the time offering suggestions on how to decrease the high school dropout rate within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, during a presentation at the University of Guyana’s latest Turkeyen and Tain Talks, held last Wednesday at the Pegasus Hotel.

The theme for the event was “Education as Freedom: Education Reform and Socio-Economic Development in Guyana.”