February is marked as LGBT+ History Month. It provides an opportunity to draw attention to an important aspect of diversity and inclusion and to shine a light on the contributions to life and society by numerous LGBT+ people which may, in the past, have been overlooked or side-lined because of their identity.
Article 2: (non-discrimination): The Convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background. 
Article 13: (freedom of expression): Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions and to access all kinds of information as long as it is within the law. 
Article 17: (access to reliable information): Every child has the right to reliable information from a variety of sources, and governments should encourage the media to provide information that children can understand. Governments must help protect children from materials that could harm them. 
And of course, at the heart of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are the values of dignity, equality and non-discrimination.

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