Learn to dismantle homophobia — with history, science, and heart
An evidence-based, compassion-first school that takes you from understanding where anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice comes from to confidently challenging it — in conversation, in community, and in policy.
Compassion without knowledge is fragile, and knowledge without compassion is dangerous — this school is where the two finally meet.— David Clilverd
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the social, religious, and political forces that have historically fuelled anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice across cultures
- Critically evaluate the pseudoscience behind 'conversion therapy' and articulate evidence-based arguments for its abolition
- Trace landmark legal cases and figures — from Alan Turing to modern parliamentary debates — that shaped LGBTQ+ rights in the UK and beyond
- Distinguish between institutional religious doctrine and personal faith ethics, and engage respectfully with believers on sexuality and love
- Apply empathy frameworks and restorative dialogue techniques to challenge homophobic attitudes in family, workplace, or community settings
- Design a simple local advocacy action — a conversation, a letter, or a community workshop — to support LGBTQ+ dignity and legal equality
How it works
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The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 24 lessons
Understanding Sexual Orientation: Facts, Figures, and Foundations
Establishes the evidence base for the prevalence and naturalness of diverse sexual orientations, dismantling foundational myths from the outset.
- 1.1What the Numbers Tell Us: The 25% ConversationIncluded
- 1.2Nature, Not Choice: The Science of Sexual OrientationIncluded
- 1.3Sexuality Across History and CulturesIncluded
- 1.4Why Stigma Persists Despite the EvidenceIncluded
The Forces Behind the Prejudice: Power, Religion, and Law
Unpacks the social, institutional, and political structures — from religious doctrine to Victorian legislation — that have systematically fuelled anti-LGBTQ+ hostility.
- 2.1Religion as a Power Structure vs. Religion as LoveIncluded
- 2.2Queen Victoria, Queen Anne, and the Law's Double StandardIncluded
- 2.3Global Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws: A World Tour of HarmIncluded
- 2.4When Public Figures Confront Their Own PrejudiceIncluded
Alan Turing and the Landmark Figures Who Changed History
Traces the real human cost of homophobic laws and celebrates the individuals whose lives, suffering, and courage shifted legal and cultural landscapes.
- 3.1Alan Turing: Genius, Hero, VictimIncluded
- 3.2From Criminal to Protected: UK Legal MilestonesIncluded
- 3.3Pioneers of Pride: Global Figures Who Led the WayIncluded
- 3.4Parliamentary Delay and Democratic FailureIncluded
Conversion Therapy: Pseudoscience, Harm, and the Fight for Its Abolition
Critically dismantles the false premises of conversion therapy, evidences its psychological damage, and builds the case for full legislative abolition.
- 4.1What Is Conversion Therapy? Defining the HarmIncluded
- 4.2The Science That Debunks It: What Research Really ShowsIncluded
- 4.3The UK's Unfinished Business: Why the Ban Hasn't HappenedIncluded
- 4.4Arguing for Abolition: Building an Evidence-Based CaseIncluded
Empathy, Dialogue, and Challenging Prejudice in Everyday Life
Develops the interpersonal skills and empathy frameworks students need to respectfully and effectively challenge homophobic attitudes in real-world settings.
- 5.1How Empathy Works: From Awareness to ActionIncluded
- 5.2Talking Across Difference: Restorative Dialogue TechniquesIncluded
- 5.3Engaging People of Faith with Kindness and HonestyIncluded
- 5.4Live and Let Live: Modelling Inclusive ThinkingIncluded
From Understanding to Action: Becoming an Advocate
Translates learning into tangible local advocacy — equipping students to design and deliver a real conversation, letter, or community action that advances LGBTQ+ dignity.
- 6.1Mapping Your Sphere of InfluenceIncluded
- 6.2Writing with Purpose: Letters, Petitions, and Public SubmissionsIncluded
- 6.3Designing a Community Workshop on LGBTQ+ DignityIncluded
- 6.4Your Advocacy Action: Plan, Present, and ReflectIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Educators & teachers
You need evidence-based frameworks and real dialogue techniques to support LGBTQ+ students and handle prejudice constructively inside the classroom.
Faith community members
You hold deep religious convictions and want to engage honestly with questions of sexuality without dismissing either your faith or your neighbours' dignity.
Policy & advocacy workers
You're shaping conversations around conversion therapy bans or equality legislation and need a rigorous, evidence-rich foundation to argue the case.
Parents & family members
Someone you love has come out, and you want to understand — truly understand — so you can show up for them the right way.
HR & workplace leaders
You're responsible for inclusive cultures at work and want the historical, psychological, and practical tools to make inclusion more than a policy document.
Curious, open-minded adults
You've always sensed that prejudice runs deeper than ignorance alone, and you're ready to understand the forces behind it — and actually do something about it.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
David Clilverd
If you've picked up this page, chances are you've felt it — that moment in a conversation where prejudice surfaces and you didn't quite have the words. Or perhaps you work with young people, or belong to a faith community, or sit on a committee that's about to make a decision affecting LGBTQ+ lives, and you want to show up better than you have before. I understand that place. It's exactly where this school begins.
The truth is, most of us were never taught to think carefully about sexual orientation — where the science actually lands, what history really shows, or why intelligent, decent people still hold harmful views. We were handed conclusions, not tools. And without tools, even the most well-meaning among us end up either silent when we should speak, or speaking in ways that push people further away rather than closer to understanding.
This school exists to give you those tools. Not talking points — tools. You'll learn why stigma persists even when the evidence is overwhelming. You'll sit with Alan Turing's story not as a historical footnote but as a mirror for the cost of institutional prejudice. You'll understand conversion therapy not just as a policy problem but as a human rights failure with a paper trail of harm. And you'll learn — carefully, practically — how to walk into a difficult conversation with a family member or a person of faith and come out of it having genuinely connected, not just clashed.
I've designed this curriculum on one conviction: that compassion without knowledge is fragile, and knowledge without compassion is dangerous. The only combination that actually moves people — and moves policy — is both, working together. That's what we build here.
I also believe that people of faith deserve to be in this conversation, not excluded from it. Some of the most powerful voices for LGBTQ+ dignity have come from inside religious traditions — and some of the most entrenched harm has been done in religion's name. We hold both truths, and we help you navigate that tension with integrity.
You don't need to be an activist, a lawyer, or an academic to belong here. You need to care — about people, about truth, and about the kind of world you want to live in. If that's you, I'd be genuinely honoured to learn alongside you.
— David Clilverd
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