Gender education in Tel Aviv

The Education Committee for Tel Aviv decided yesterday to roll out a new educational criteria in the cities schools educating on sexual identity and acknowledging of the homosexual and lesbian groups in an attempt to prevent homophobia. The upcoming school year will begin a pilot of 10 schools, which will include working with consultants, teachers, administrators and with students. The programme will begin in January and as been promoted by the Mayor's advisor on the Gay community Yaniv Weitzmann. Last year there was a fatal attack on a gay club in Tel Aviv.