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Rich and Lewis want to make their kids understand your relationship from an early age.

Two gay fathers have left, as described encounters with parents of their son to the Kindergarten, you wonder how difficult it will be to be accepted by you, as it primary starts.

"When we turned up at The School gates, people have asked, 'mummy, you have A Day , then?'" She Said .

"It scares me that Our Children could Grow Up , we are the circus Freaks . "

But the few, the Rich, and Lewis said, addressing the topic in the class had made a real difference.

"daddy and Papa"

"We asked our son to the nursery teacher, a story-time book about two daddies," said Lewis, who not preferred to share their family name for their children's privacy.

"all of a Sudden all of his class understood comrades, a bit more about him and why he might say things that could be different, and why is he talking about his "dad and dad" to them.

"Our boy felt really good this day.

"We had expected the negativity from the parents, But we have asked The Teacher about him, and no one had any comments.

"is It really a minority of people against inclusive Education . "

'Bad'

His beliefs are backed strikes by a survey for the equality charity Stonewall in front of that 60% of British adults think primary school should teach the children about LGBT families.

Rich and Lewis to bring two young children she adopted, one of which has only just started primary school, and they seek to understand their children, their relationship from an early age.

"We don't want to be hidden," Rich said. "I want Our Children to know that we exist, and Our Family is valid, and I would prefer for you to learn about LGBT people in school, because it is safe. "

As gay parents, they do not see themselves as different, But are aware that it is a new experience for many.

"We are purposefully trying to make us perfect, because we are so worried about people who said to us".

"And we, who had specially to fight, that, when we had our first Little Boy .

"The First thing we were worried," he's clean, he has his doll, and he got what he needs, " because we want to, like bad parents. "

Opt-out

England's schools are ready for a new relationship and sex curriculum, which comes into force in September 2020.

This will require:

parents can opt their child out of Sex Education But it will decide on new rights for pupils after the age of 15 years.

protests were happening in front of some primary schools in Birmingham against the equality of the teaching already.

But in the survey, said of nfpSynergy, a representative sample of 1,000 British adults, 60% that it was the right primary school teachers spoke to their students in a positive way about different types of families. Of them, 51% are men and 67% women. About 8% disagreed, 9% strongly disagreed.

And for those aged 16 to 24 68% supported LGBT-inclusive lessons.

The survey was Stonewall, a charity founded 30 years ago, to lobby against Section 28 of The Local Government Act 1988, which banned teaching "the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship".

'Other forms'

In Scotland and Northern Ireland , relationships and sexuality Education (RSE) as a subject must be taught, But the schools decide their own approach.

The Welsh Government says it is LGBT, the introduction of inclusive RSE But has not yet published The Final version of the curriculum.

Antonia Tully, from a group called Safe at The School , has made from the beginning against RSE, a compulsory school subject in England.

She Said : "parents are to teach The Best people to your children about the different types of relationships.

"forced relations, the Education in the primary schools the parents on the second place. "

A mandatory curriculum on the relationship of the doctrine to be introduced in the schools, said in England by September 2020

England's schools Minister, Nick Gibb , the self in a long term relationship gay, said: "It is important that the next generation learns that families come in different shapes and sizes. "

'Straight'Education '

Rich and Lewis believe that their family is an example of the difference with a LGBT-can make the inclusive classroom.

Rich said: "I came out until I was 24 years old, though, because it just wasn't the done thing in my school or in my area.

"It seemed like the gay kid came to school with her not feeling well and suffer a lot of bullying.

"If people could understand LGBT life sooner, then maybe they are more accepted, earlier. Everyone just sets up for The Future .

"the people still believe that they teach people about the LGBT life she will teach you to be gay.

"I could not have had a more just Education - But my sexuality was already decided. "

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Source of news: bbc.com