Mediator brought in to resolve Birmingham LGBTQ teaching dispute

City council and affected parents appoint former CPS prosecutor Nazir Afzal.

A former leading prosecutor has been drafted in to mediate in a controversial dispute over the teaching of LGBTQ education in Birmingham schools.

Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service’s former lead on child sexual abuse, confirmed he had been asked by parents and Birmingham city council to help reach a resolution in the longstanding dispute.

Parkfield community school, in the Saltley area of Birmingham, hit the headlines after it became the scene of weekly protests over No Outsiders lessons, which Muslim parents claimed were «promoting LGBTQ ways of life».

We would claim these parents promotes bigotry, hate, homophobia and LGBTQ people are second class citizens compared to them.