Andrew Pierce left FURIOUS at LGBTQ+ agenda in schools - 'Just let them be children!'

Speaking about the event, Andrew said: "What's the point of it?"

Co-host Bev Turner responded: "Well, schools all across the country are taking part in it."

Andrew said: "Are yours? Oh, your children aren't in primary school, are they?"

Bev said: "Yeah, but they will be taking part at secondary school. It's all about positive LGBTQ+ messaging. I'm not saying it shouldn't be positive."

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Andrew said: "To be fair, this isn't a Government initiative, it's a charity initiative. It's up to schools whether they take part."

Bev said: "Well, is it? Because here's the thing, if they don’t take part, you’ll have parents with children who are possibly that way inclined ringing the school and saying, ‘Why aren't you getting all the kids to wear Pride T-shirts this week?’

"'Because Oliver is gay, you all have to celebrate Oliver being gay.' And the other kids in the class will go, ‘we like Oliver, we don’t care if he’s gay, we just like him anyway.’

"Yeah, but that’s not enough. They all have to buy into this little Overton window of celebrating people having same-sex relationships."

Andrew fumed: "Do six-year-olds know if they’re gay? Come on."

He added: "No, they don’t. I just think we’re filling kids’ heads with stuff they don’t need to know. They’re too young. Let them just be children."

Bev said: "There was a time, of course, when this was absolutely necessary, when there was awful discrimination against people who weren't heterosexual."

Andrew responded: "I know, I lived through it long ago."

The charity emphasises that School Diversity Week aims to create inclusive environments where all students feel valued and safe within their school communities.

Laura Mackay, chief executive of Just Like Us, said: "School Diversity Week is an opportunity for school communities to come together and celebrate the differences that make us all special.

"LGBT+ young people still face significant barriers at school, at home and in the wider world, but each school that celebrates and prioritises LGBT+ inclusion shows them that they are valued, seen and safe."