Morocco-based French schools trigger debate over LGBT lesson

Teaching pro-LGBTQ+ lessons in Morocco-based French schools has led to several lawsuits against the institutions prompting a layered debate on the colonial legacy of French mission schools and widespread homophobia in the North African state. The controversy began last December when a teacher at the French mission school of Balzac “encouraged students to accept the notions of homosexuality,” according to local reports. As some parents learned about the teacher’s lessons they reported the incident to the school’s administration which “remained silent and indifferent.” Three months later, the pa…

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