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TEACHERS IN SPAIN ARE WEARING SKIRTS TO CLASS TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST BULLYING Teachers in Spain have been giving lessons in tolerance (as well as their regular lessons) after a schoolboy was expelled for wearing a skirt last year - and nine months on, more are continuing to join the movement in response to bullying in the classroom. Last month, two more teachers decided to be the best kind of teachers and showed up in skirts to teach the kids about the power of words and taking a stance on diversity. Manuel Ortega, 37, and Borja Velázquez, 36, from the public school Virgen de Sacedón in Valladolid, Spain, are the latest to join a campaign that has been building in the country since the end of last year. READ MORE BBC RADIO 1’S ADELE ROBERTS STREAMED LIL NAS X’S ‘MONTERO’ ON REPEAT TO STICK IT TO THE HOMOPHOBES After being catapulted straight to Number One last month, Lil Nas X's 'Montero (Call me By Your Name)' is still riding high in the charts - and it turns out Lil Nas might have a certain BBC Radio 1 DJ to thank for a good proportion of those countless streams. As Adele Roberts joins Attitude for a brand new video series in partnership with Spotify, which sees LGBTQ stars reveal the songs that have shaped their lives, the radio host reveals she and her fiancée stuck the 22-year-old's unabashedly queer single on repeat in response to the anti-gay backlash to the track's hell-raising video (which came complete with a devilish good lapdance). WATCH NOW WIN €150 TO SPEND WITH MODUS VIVENDI MEN'S UNDERWEAR AND SWIMWEAR All you need to do is enter. SIMON AMSTELL: SPIRIT HOLE - AUTUMN 2021 UK TOUR With his first stand up tour since the release of internationally acclaimed feature film - Simon Amstell brings ‘Spirit Hole’ to a theatre near you.  RIYADH KHALAF: 'LADY GAGA MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WASN'T ALONE, WEIRD OR SICK' The presenter and author reflects on the songs and podcasts that have uniquely shaped his life. MOULIN ROUGE! – THE MUSICAL Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. JODIE HARSH ON WHY LADY GAGA'S 'BORN THIS WAY' RANKS AS THE ULTIMATE QUEER ANTHEM While her choices may not surprise you, the reasoning behind it is powerfully articulated. ATTITUDE JULY ISSUE OUT NOW Tom Daley and dive partner Matty Lee get set for gold at the Tokyo Olympics. PLUS: the incredible journey of the world’s first (gay) cyborg, trans pioneer Jayne County, John Grant & more.

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