Author Simon Jam Green said the Croydon school was sendg a "terrible msage" over s rejectn of Noah Can’t Even, which featur a gay character. | ITV News London
Contents:
- CATHOLIC CHURCH BANS VIS BY GAY THOR TO LONDON SCHOOL
- BAN ON GAY THOR SHOWS THAT CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL FAILG YOUNG PEOPLE
- FURY AS CATHOLIC CHURCH BANS GAY AUTHOR'S VIS TO LONDON SCHOOL
- OFSTED CRICIS ARCHDCE OVER BAN ON GAY THOR’S VIS TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL
- CATHOLIC SCHOOL NCELS GAY THOR ON WORLD BOOK DAY
- AUTHOR BANNED OM DISCSG HIS BOOK AT SPEAKG ENGAGEMENTS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- SCHOOL'S DCE NCELS THOR VIS AND REMOV ERNORS OVER APPROVAL OF BOOK WH GAY CHARACTER
- CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ‘THREATENED WH SACK’ FOR STRIKG OVER GAY THOR’S NCELLED VIS
- GAY THOR’S SCHOOL VIS NCELLED BY CATHOLIC DCE AFTER ANTI-LGBT+ SMEAR MPAIGN
- TEACHERS VOTE TO STRIKE AFTER GAY THOR BANNED OM SCHOOL VIS - ON WORLD BOOK DAY
- PARENTS' PETN AGAST CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT BANNED GAY THOR SIGNED BY 1,600IT LLS FOR THE ARCHDCE OF SOUTHWARK TO RESTATE SACKED ERNORSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYTARA O'CONNORLOL DEMOCRACY REPORTER15:48, 14 MAR 2022BOOKMARKJOHN FISHER SCHOOL ON THE BORR OF PURLEY FALLS UNR SUTTON COUNCIL (IMAGE: GOOGLE MAPS)SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- GAY AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNG CANCELED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH
- TEACHERS VOTE TO STRIKE AFTER GAY THOR GREEN BANNED OM CATHOLIC SCHOOL
- GAY THOR BANNED OM TALK AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
- GAY TORY MP ASKS CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT BANNED THOR IF THEY’LL BAN HIM TOO
- GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
- GAY AUTHOR HAS HISTORY OF HATG CATHOLICS
CATHOLIC CHURCH BANS VIS BY GAY THOR TO LONDON SCHOOL
The gay wrer who was banned om visg a London school discs why young LGBT+ people need reprentatn more than ever * gay author banned from catholic school *
The Catholic church has banned a vis to a London school by a gay thor and removed a number of ernors who supported the event, a move that has drawn parisons to the notor 1980s sectn 28 ban on “promotg homosexualy” church said a vis by Simon Jam Green, an acclaimed thor of books for children and young adults, fell “outsi the spe of what is permissible a Catholic school” had been due to speak and sign books on Monday at John Fisher boys’ school Purley, south London, a voluntary-aid fah school overseen by the Catholic archdce of Southwark. ”Sectn 28, which prohibed lol thori om “promotg homosexualy”, was troduced by Margaret Thatcher’s ernment rponse to a children’s book, Jenny Liv Wh Eric and Mart, pictg different kds of a statement issued a few days before the John Fisher event, the archdce said s schools were required to “liver a programme of relatnships and sex tn that is pliant wh the Equali Act 2010 and Magisterium [teachg] of the Catholic church” add: “From time to time, materials or events emerge for nsiratn that fall outsi the spe of what is permissible a Catholic school … In such circumstanc, we have no alternative but to affirm our unequivol and well-known theologil and moral precepts and to act acrdance wh them.
BAN ON GAY THOR SHOWS THAT CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL FAILG YOUNG PEOPLE
AN Atralian thor has pulled out of two speakg engagements at a Sydney Catholic school after he was banned om talkg about his “appropriate” new book jt days after he revealed he was gay. * gay author banned from catholic school *
The archdce of Southwark’s cisn to ban a gay thor om speakg at a school (Catholic church bans vis by gay thor to London school, 9 March) shows that the Catholic church still has much to learn about protectg the wellbeg of young people need exampl of all typ of posive, lovg relatnships, same-sex and otherwise, to help them make rmed choic about their own relatnships. The Catholic church has been acced of “disturbg behavur” that stigmatis LGBTQ relatnships after the ncellatn of a planned vis to a school by a gay young adult ernment has been urged to rensir the fundg of fah schools after Simon Jam Green was banned om The John Fisher School, a Catholic boys’ sendary school, was due to vis the school on Monday for World Book Day to discs his novel, Noah Can’t Even, which featur a gay character. Neatly, also enpsulat the re msage of Gay Club!, his latt novel for young adults, which follows chs geek Barney on his missn to shake up his own school’s LGBT+ society.
FURY AS CATHOLIC CHURCH BANS GAY AUTHOR'S VIS TO LONDON SCHOOL
* gay author banned from catholic school *
” He ntrasts the matury wh which today’s teenagers discs genr and sexualy wh his own g-of-age a ral town Llnshire “where ‘gay’ wasn’t even ed as a slur – I grew up total ignorance of LGBT+ people, partly bee of sectn 28 [the legislatn enacted 1988 to “prohib the promotn of homosexualy” by lol thori; was abolished only 2003].
OFSTED CRICIS ARCHDCE OVER BAN ON GAY THOR’S VIS TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Governors at The John Fisher School, a London Catholic school that banned a gay thor om speakg, "threatened to sack staff who strike". * gay author banned from catholic school *
You n watch certa media and get the imprsn that they always end up ad at the end of the story, there’s homophobic attacks and ’s all misery. ’ mentaly [but ’s really] a nvenient exce for homophobia. ”There is “absolutely” a lk between growg homophobia and the ragg culture war around transgenr rights, he says.
Attempts to ot a school’s ernors who supported a vis by a gay thor left staff and pupils “feelg angry, nfed and trated, ” Ofsted has said s snap spectn of John Fisher school Purley was triggered by ncerns over the school’s ernance, after the Catholic lears of the archdce tervened to ncel a vis by the thor Simon Jam Green to celebrate World Book Day was to speak and sign books at the boys’ sendary school, which is overseen by the Catholic archdce of Southwark. Pupils are tght the importance of rpect for all, cludg those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, ” the report stat.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL NCELS GAY THOR ON WORLD BOOK DAY
Gay thor Simon Jam Green has been blocked om visg a Catholic state school by the lol dce after an anti-LGBT+ mpaign. * gay author banned from catholic school *
A school has bee embroiled a homophobia row after a gay children's thor was blocked om visg pupils on World Book Day amid ncerns his books had "no place" the Jam Green was schled to give a talk at John Fisher School, South London, on Monday before his vatn was rcd by the Archdce of teachers and ernors approved the vis of the leadg wrer of LGBT teenage fictn, the event was not sanctned by Catholic officials, who oversee tstehip of the school. "The mother add that there are “loads” of gay pupils at the school and that her “heart went out to any boys that school who are gay and how they mt be feelg” add: “If my son happened to be gay, I'd be absolutely vastated how the dce were behavg wh my son's school. AN Atralian thor has pulled out of two speakg engagements at a Sydney Catholic school after he was banned om talkg about his “appropriate” new book jt days after he revealed he was gay.
William Kostakis, 26, was booked jt weeks ago by De La Salle College Revby Heights, southwt of Sydney, to speak about his latt novel The Sikicks March and Kostakis was ntacted by the school aga after he last week wrote a blog about his sexualy and a former boyiend who had been diagnosed wh an email to Mr Kostakis, a school staff member exprsed ncerns about how the book, which featur a gay character, would be received by parents.
”Mr Kostakis spoke at the school June last year to promote his earlier novel, The First Third, which also clud gay speech was reportedly well-received, and staff ved him back to lnch The Sikicks, until pletely changg tune last week. A planned vis by a gay thor to a Catholic school south London was ncelled after Southwark Archdce tervened and removed ernors who backed the Jam Green was due to take part a discsn at The John Fisher School, a Catholic boys’ sendary school, Croydon. His novel, Noah Can’t Even, featur a gay Southwark Archdce, which overse the school, said a statement om tn director Simon Hugh that "om time to time materials and events emerge for nsiratn that fall outsi the spe of what is permissible a Catholic school".
AUTHOR BANNED OM DISCSG HIS BOOK AT SPEAKG ENGAGEMENTS AFTER G OUT AS GAY
TEACHERS have 'overwhelmgly' voted to go on strike after a gay thor was banned om visg pupils at a Catholic school. * gay author banned from catholic school *
Governors at The John Fisher School, a London all-boys Catholic sendary school that banned a gay thor om speakg, “threatened to sack staff who strike” prott. “Banng a gay thor om attendg a book talk the school sends out a really horrific msage to the young people this school and particularly to those who may be gay or lbian. Gay thor Simon Jam Green has been blocked om visg a Catholic state school by the lol dce after an anti-LGBT+ mpaign.
Yet Catholic Tth rears suggted the ments that “a homosexual thor of teenage fictn visg a Catholic school is 100 per cent as much of an issue as the ongog war Ukrae”. School thrown to turmoil by ll to ncel gay thor event.
Speakg to the i, Simon Jam Green said that the cint remd him of Sectn 28, which banned the “promotn of homosexualy” schools the late 80s through to the early 00s. “We’re alg here wh people who actually thk ’s possible to basilly turn someone gay by talkg about or by allowg them to read or see on televisn an LGBT+ person, ” he said. LGBT+ bookshop Queer L is nng a school donatn programme rponse to the censorship by the Catholic dce, and Green’s upg book Gay Club n be pre-orred at st price to be donated to a UK school.
SCHOOL'S DCE NCELS THOR VIS AND REMOV ERNORS OVER APPROVAL OF BOOK WH GAY CHARACTER
Gay thor Simon Jam Green was schled to appear for a book signg at a London, but was banned om appearg by the Catholic Church. * gay author banned from catholic school *
TEACHERS have "overwhelmgly" voted to go on strike after a gay thor was banned om visg pupils at a Catholic school.
10:47, Thu, Apr 14, 2022 | UPDATED: 14:25, Thu, Apr 14, 2022 Simon Jam Green teas his new book Gay Club! They have now “overwhelmgly” voted to strike actn agast “a discrimatory workg environment” after the Archdce of Southwark ncelled a talk by Mr Green, whose books feature gay Fisher School teachers have voted to strike (Image: GOOGLE MAPS)Simon Jam Green reacted to the news on Twter (Image: TWITTER)The chapla at the boys’ sendary school said Mr Green’s books promoted a “liftyle choice” which had “no place” a Catholic NEU’s ballot closed on Wednday wh 90 percent of members votg favour of strike actn a 76 percent turnout. More than 1, 600 people have signed a petn llg for ernors at a Catholic boys' school to be restated after they were sacked for backg a vis om a gay thor.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ‘THREATENED WH SACK’ FOR STRIKG OVER GAY THOR’S NCELLED VIS
Teachers at a Catholic state school south London have voted to take strike actn after a talk by gay YA thor Simon Jam Green was ncelled on the grounds his books were “not le wh Catholic tn”. * gay author banned from catholic school *
He was gog to talk about his novel, Noah Can’t Even, which featur a gay character.
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GAY THOR’S SCHOOL VIS NCELLED BY CATHOLIC DCE AFTER ANTI-LGBT+ SMEAR MPAIGN
Gay thor Simon Jam Green was schled to appear for a book signg at a London, but was banned om appearg by the Catholic Church. Dpe phback om the thor and the lears of the John Fisher School, gay thor Simon Jam Green was still banned om visg the school for a book signg. Many have been remd of the sectn 28 ban om the 1980s which banned “promotg homosexualy” the UK.
Teachers at a Catholic state school south London have voted to take strike actn after a talk by gay YA thor Simon Jam Green was ncelled on the grounds his books were “not le wh Catholic tn”.
TEACHERS VOTE TO STRIKE AFTER GAY THOR BANNED OM SCHOOL VIS - ON WORLD BOOK DAY
Rpondg to the cisn a tweet, Green, whose latt book Gay Club is beg published by Scholastic May, said: “We have to make a stand agast LGBTQ+ book censorship.
PARENTS' PETN AGAST CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT BANNED GAY THOR SIGNED BY 1,600IT LLS FOR THE ARCHDCE OF SOUTHWARK TO RESTATE SACKED ERNORSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYTARA O'CONNORLOL DEMOCRACY REPORTER15:48, 14 MAR 2022BOOKMARKJOHN FISHER SCHOOL ON THE BORR OF PURLEY FALLS UNR SUTTON COUNCIL (IMAGE: GOOGLE MAPS)SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
The Archdce of Southwark has fend s cisn to ban a gay thor om a Catholic school. The lol MP of a Catholic school that banned a vis by a leadg wrer of LGBTQ+ teen fictn has said he is “horrified” by the suatn and qutned whether dce lears would bar him as a gay Colburn, the MP for Carshalton and Wallgton, told i that he was worried the terventn by Southwark Archdce to ncel the vis at John Fisher School Croydon, south London, would send a “ighteng” msage to gay pupils and me as parents at the school lnched a petn llg for ernors sacked by the dce to be restated, while a separate London uncil has asked for an “urgent meetg” wh the Archbishop of Southwark to seek assuranc that siar steps will not be taken at s own week, i revealed that Southwark Archdce had tervened to ncel a vis to John Fisher by Simon Jam Green, whose books for young adults feature gay characters.
“It do ronate wh me, bee I know full well that if I was at school and I wasn’t out but I was stgglg still or I was still qutng my inty and not sure, if the school I was at was supposed to have a vis om someone who happened to be gay, or wrote a book about LGBT issu, and that was subsequently ncelled, that would send warng signs to me. Mr Young, said he did not like wearg his gay inty “on my sleeve”, but that the events at John Fisher “leave me overe at the realisatn that we still have a long way to go”.
GAY AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNG CANCELED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH
Jasme Ali, the puty lear of Southwark Council, said: “I was very ncerned to read media reports about the Archbishop of Southwark backg a cisn to ncel a vis by a gay thor to John Fisher school and also to sack ernors at the school. The cisn to ncel a vis by a gay young adult thor to a Catholic sendary school has left many pupils and members of staff "unnerved and upset", Ofsted schools watchdog rried out a snap spectn of The John Fisher School Croydon on March 16 after the planned vis by Simon Jam Green to the boys’ sendary was axed followg an terventn by Southwark Green had been ved to the school for World Book Day to talk about his novel Noah Can’t Even, which featur a gay character. Some of the thor’s books feature gay characters and their experienc.
WASHINGTON – A feral appeals urt has led that a Catholic high school Indianapolis was ee to fire a gay guidance unselor bee she performed at least some relig duti, the latt legal setback for LGBTQ+ rights when they nflict wh Fzgerald had worked for 14 years as a guidance unselor at Ronlli High School when school officials disvered she was married to another woman.
TEACHERS VOTE TO STRIKE AFTER GAY THOR GREEN BANNED OM CATHOLIC SCHOOL
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GAY THOR BANNED OM TALK AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
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GAY TORY MP ASKS CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT BANNED THOR IF THEY’LL BAN HIM TOO
SOUTHWARK, England () - A homosexual thor who was disved om addrsg a Catholic school lled Pope Benedict XVI "a dick" who "spreads AIDS. John Wilson of homophobia after the prelate banned him om promotg his LGBTQ+ teen fictn novels at the John Fisher School, Croydon, said he hoped "the vile pope gets the receptn he so richly serv. " In a follow-up tweet, the gay activist thor mend rabid atheist Richard Dawks' plans to arrt the pope.
GAY UNSELOR'S FIRG BY INDIANAPOLIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL PERMTED BY FERAL APPEALS URT
Green claims the scene was taken out of ntext and is meant to illtrate homophobic bullyg.