10 April 2019

Teacher at centre of LGBT row in Birmingham received death threat

Andrew Moffat says his lessons were not accepted by some Muslim parents, adding: "You can't teach someone to be gay". The teacher at the centre of the row over LGBT lessons has told Sky News he received a death threat and has been given advice from police about how he travels to and from school.

Andrew Moffat, the assistant head teacher at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, wrote the No Outsiders programme that is used to teach diversity and equality in some schools.

Protests by mainly Muslim parents who object to their children learning about same-sex relationships have now spread from Parkfield to other schools in Birmingham and beyond.

Mr Moffat told Sky News: "I had a message saying, 'You won't last long'. There's been some very difficult messages to receive." [Sky News] Read more