PatagoniaTimes.cl – Written by Leigh Shadko
Discussion about homosexuality and transexuality is rare – or nonexistent – in Santiago public high schools, according to a study released last week by the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (MOVILH), one of Chile’s leading sexual-minorities advocacy groups. The study also confirmed that prejudice and discrimination against sexual minorities are common realities within educational communities.
MOVILH carried out the study in cooperation with Chile’s Teachers Association; the MERCOSUR Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Network (a group comprising sexual-minorities advocacy groups, including MOVILH, from member countries of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR); global educators union federation Education International; and Spanish organizations Cooperación Extremeña and Fundación Triángulo.