Protesters were demonstrating outside a primary school to highlight their opposition to sex education and LGBT lessons. Dozens of people gathered near Fernwood Primary School in Wollaton, Nottingham Tuesday. The demonstrators are opposed to relationship and sex education (RSE) lessons being delivered, including lessons which discuss LGBT relationships. There was also a counter-demonstration taking place from those who support such lessons at the Arleston Drive school. Nottinghamshire Police said they were 'monitoring the situation'. The organiser, Ayaz Ahmed - who lives in Nottingham but also took part in recent protests outside Birmingham schools - said the Wollaton protest was 'a last resort' and insisted he did 'not want to create division in the community'. Nottingham City Council leader, Cllr David Mellen, described the protest as 'worrying and alarming' and urged parents to not listen to the 'misinformation' from the group. Protester Amir Ahmed, from Birmingham, : 'These lessons are indoctrinating children that LGBT relationships are normal. Traditional families are about modesty and chastity. They are diminishing. Just as their family structure is important to them, our structure is important to us.
