A college has been condemned for asking 16 and 17-year-old students whether they were gay or straight on registration forms.
The teenagers were asked to complete the paperwork and indicate whether they were bisexual, a gay man, a lesbian, a heterosexual, a transsexual or 'prefer not to say'.
The questions came on the same form they completed with innocent personal details such as their age, address and contact details.
Some students have been in tears and claim it is an invasion of their privacy.
They demanded to know why such a personal question is on the front of the form along with their names when the information could be provided anonymously.
Student Kelsey Bennett, 16, said: 'You did feel under pressure to tick a box and then if you ticked 'prefer not to say” it might make people question why you have done that.'
Ray Sanchez, 16, was shocked to see the question on the front of the form.
'It was odd because it was amongst a jumble of basic questions you expect like contact details and ethnicity.'
Connor Hewitt, 16, said: 'I don’t get why they need to know.'
Gay campaigners criticised the college's approach and called on staff to review the enrolment procedure.
Wes Streeting, Head of Education at equality campaigners Stonewall, said:‘Sexual orientation monitoring can be a helpful tool in making sure that all students receive a high quality experience, but it is simply not acceptable that students were asked to disclose their sexual orientation in a way that failed to respect their privacy.
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