Schools are teaching children as young as four about same-sex relationships to comply with new gay rights laws, it emerged yesterday.
The academics working on the study say showing children that homosexuality is part of everyday life helps reduce homophobic bullying in the playground.
One story being used in the research project, headed by academics at Sunderland University, is a fairytale about a prince who turns down three princesses before falling in love with one of their brothers. They marry in a book titled 'King & King'.
In another book, 'Spacegirl Pukes', the main character has two mothers, mummy Loula and mummy Neenee. She is about to set off on a space mission when she falls ill, requiring her mothers to nurse her back to health.
Another called 'And Tango Makes Three' features two male penguins, Roy and Silo, who fall in love at a New York zoo.
The latter has sparked fierce debate in the U.S. where some schools already use it.
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