EXECUTIVE ORDER: The ministry changed rules on gay and lesbian education that were mandated by the result of referendum No. 11 held in November last year
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 26, 2019
By: Staff Writer, with CNA
Heated debate broke out on Thursday at a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, as
Deputy Minister of Education Lin Teng-chiao, left, and others listen at a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Thursday addressing the draft amendment to Article 13 of the Enforcement Rules for the Gender Equity Education Act.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times
The Education and Culture Committee held the meeting regarding the ministry’s changes to Article 13 of the Enforcement Rules for Gender Equity Education Act (性別平等教育法施行細則), which includes language governing how sex education is to be taught in schools.
On April 2, the ministry issued an executive order removing language requiring the teaching of “gay and lesbian education,” which was mandated in referendum No. 11 held on Nov. 24 last year.
However, it replaced that language with a more broadly worded clause mandating the teaching of respect and understanding for “different genders, gender characteristics, gender temperaments, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and prevention and handling of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual bullying on campus to enhance students’ gender equity consciousness.”
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