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Welsh government wants new board members to make the national park feel more inclusive to everyone The image of the typical visitor to the UK’s great national parks – and of the board members who oversee them – is probably still white, middle-class and perhaps a little conventional. But the Welsh government has made clear its ambition to make Wales’s wildernesses feel more inclusive by swearing in new board members for the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority who will champion the black, Asian and minority-ethnic, LGBTQi+ and disability communities. Continue reading… ​Welsh government wants new board members to make the…

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Campaigners are putting teachers under pressure, says Jeremy Miles after verdict in high court challenge The Welsh education minister has accused campaigners of putting teachers under pressure by deliberately spreading “misinformation” about the teaching of LGBTQ+ issues. Jeremy Miles also told of how he struggled to find his place in the world as a gay young person, in an era when “someone like me” did not exist as far as the school curriculum was concerned. Continue reading… ​Campaigners are putting teachers under pressure, says Jeremy Miles after verdict in high court challengeThe Welsh education minister has accused campaigners of putting…

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England and Wales back down over LGBTQ armband – ‘disappointing’  The shocking u-turn from England, Wales and European teams on wearing the One Love armband – in support of the LGBTQ community has left fans and pundits divided. The plan had been that captains of England, Wales and European teams would wear the armband to promote diversity and inclusion. But at last minute the clubs u-turned – after Fifa said the captains could face an instant yellow card. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar. But fans and teams had been told they could wear the rainbow flag in support – right…

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World Cup 2022: England, Wales and European countries drop LGBTQ armband  England and Wales – who open their World Cup campaigns today – along with European nations will no longer wear the OneLove armband during the World Cup because of the threat to players being booked. The team captains including England’s Harry Kane and Wales’s Gareth Bale had planned to wear the armband during matches to promote diversity and inclusion.  A joint statement from seven football associations said they could not put their players “in a position where they could face sporting sanctions”. “We are very frustrated by the Fifa…

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