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April 12th, 2008, 05:17
Anglican Church Grammar School bans gay partners at formal
By Robyn Ironside
April 12, 2008 01:35am
Exclusive school bans gay partners at formal
Say senior students must bring girls
Issue of sexual discrimination arises
ONE of Queensland's most prestigious boys schools has told final-year students they can't take their gay partners to the senior formal.
Several students at Churchie - the Anglican Church Grammar School - have made it known they want to escort boyfriends to the June 19 formal, but the school is insisting they take a member of the opposite sex.
Churchie headmaster Jonathan Hensman said none of the students had approached him directly, but a staff member had raised the issue on their behalf.
"The senior dinner dance is an opportunity for our young men to escort a young woman in a formal school environment," Mr Hensman said.
"We don't intend to change our practice. As well as being a social occasion, it's an education forum and to that end the school decides what is appropriate behaviour and what is not."
Mr Hensman said the issue had not "formally" arisen in the past, that he could recall, but the question was not unexpected given "the changing times".
"Not all students take their girlfriends. Some take a female friend. It's about protocols and decorums," he said.
But Mr Hensman said if any of Churchie's seniors approached him formally, he would consider taking the request to the school council.
State schools made their own decisions on guidelines for school formals, a Queensland Education spokesman said.
Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Susan Booth said sexuality discrimination was unlawful, and that applied to private and public schools as well as other organisations.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23525256-2,00.html
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What a funny place Australia is..a state called Queensland banning gay partners !. The solution is obvious, as Homintern would agree..the lads should get their partners to go in drag..something Aussies do at the drop of a hat !.and a school called Churchie..how camp is that ???
By Robyn Ironside
April 12, 2008 01:35am
Exclusive school bans gay partners at formal
Say senior students must bring girls
Issue of sexual discrimination arises
ONE of Queensland's most prestigious boys schools has told final-year students they can't take their gay partners to the senior formal.
Several students at Churchie - the Anglican Church Grammar School - have made it known they want to escort boyfriends to the June 19 formal, but the school is insisting they take a member of the opposite sex.
Churchie headmaster Jonathan Hensman said none of the students had approached him directly, but a staff member had raised the issue on their behalf.
"The senior dinner dance is an opportunity for our young men to escort a young woman in a formal school environment," Mr Hensman said.
"We don't intend to change our practice. As well as being a social occasion, it's an education forum and to that end the school decides what is appropriate behaviour and what is not."
Mr Hensman said the issue had not "formally" arisen in the past, that he could recall, but the question was not unexpected given "the changing times".
"Not all students take their girlfriends. Some take a female friend. It's about protocols and decorums," he said.
But Mr Hensman said if any of Churchie's seniors approached him formally, he would consider taking the request to the school council.
State schools made their own decisions on guidelines for school formals, a Queensland Education spokesman said.
Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Susan Booth said sexuality discrimination was unlawful, and that applied to private and public schools as well as other organisations.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23525256-2,00.html
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What a funny place Australia is..a state called Queensland banning gay partners !. The solution is obvious, as Homintern would agree..the lads should get their partners to go in drag..something Aussies do at the drop of a hat !.and a school called Churchie..how camp is that ???