Elementary parents notified of gay character children's book

Contents:

• I’M MELBOURNE GRAMMAR’S SCHOOL PTA AND I’M GAY. THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH WOULD HAVE ME SACKED
• GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS N’T OFFER ‘CHRISTIAN LEARSHIP’, SAYS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH
• WATCH: GAY CHARACTER CAPTA UNRPANTS SPARKS SCHOOL BAN
• FORMER LLEGE FOOTBALL PTA WAS OPENLY GAY
• ELEMENTARY PARENTS NOTIFIED OF GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN'S BOOK
• CAPTA GAY
• THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER

I’M MELBOURNE GRAMMAR’S SCHOOL PTA AND I’M GAY. THE PRBYTERIAN CHURCH WOULD HAVE ME SACKED

I’m Melbourne Grammar’s school pta and I’m gay. This rponse to the Atralian Law Reform Commissn’s review of discrimatn Church has reasoned that, the se of discrimatg agast stunts based on sexual preference, gay stunts “would not be able to give appropriate Christian learship a Christian school which requir mollg Christian livg”. I wre this as someone who is gay, a fact about myself which I nnot change.

My peers know I am gay and they do not much re, jt as they do not much re that others are straight or of other sexuali. The sexualy of stunts is not somethg which should be the subject of so much scty – as Stephen Fry once poted out, the stricter branch of the Church often like to brand homosexual people as exhibg unnatural sexual attus, though is not the gay muny which displays an unhealthy obssn wh the regulatn, reprsn and rtrictn of sex, rather the shoe is on the other foot there. An ele Victorian private school says is movg wh the tim but needs to nsir s overarchg relig ethos, as the church that overse seeks to bar stunts who have premaral sex or are gay om beg school Prbyterian Church of Atralia, which guis Stch College Melbourne’s east, has told a review of Atralia’s discrimatn laws that the stunts “would not be able to give appropriate Christian learship a Christian school which requir mollg Christian livg” church’s rejectn of LGBTQ school ptas was ma rponse to an example om the Atralian Law Reform Commissn (ALRC) quiry, which the feral ernment tablished to review Atralia’s relig exemptns for schools s first formal step toward draftg relig discrimatn laws.

GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS N’T OFFER ‘CHRISTIAN LEARSHIP’, SAYS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH

”Former Stch College stunt Andrew Purvis, 52, told The Age he was bullied when he attend the school due to his “perceived sexualy”, and his oral led to s of mental health, who is gay, said he had heard the school had ma mor posive chang, but given the submissn om the church, he qutned “whether the school is really a safe space for gay stunts” College HawthornCred: Joe Armao“My gut reactn to this was, ‘All the poor stunts that are there today’, ” said Purvis, who did his VCE Victorian wg of the Prbyterian Church of Atralia operat five schools the state, cludg Stch College and Prbyterian Ladi’ College (PLC) chairman Mark Chew said a letter to the school muny that “ntrary to what has been portrayed the media”, the school mataed s prry of providg a safe and clive environment for all wh s muny, “which reflects the imprt of God’s grace for all stunts and staff”. ’Deputy Prime Mister Richard MarlDeputy Prime Mister Richard Marl told Channel Ne on Friday that the ernment was tryg to ensure relig Atralians were protected, but was unfortable a church group wanted to exclu gay stunts or those havg premaral sex om school ptacy. ”LoadgThe Prbyterian Church of Victoria ma a separate submissn to the review and did not explicly object to LGBTQ stunts beg school ptas, but rejected the review’s proposal barrg discrimatn agast gay stunts.

”Equaly Atralia legal director Ghassan Kassisieh said stunts shouldn’t be stripped of learship opportuni for beg LGBTQ bee uld “set them back for life” Prbyterian Church says s schools should be ee to stop gay stunts om beg school terms of the church’s broar submissn, Kassisieh said stat like Victoria – where relig schools n hire people of the same fah when the job requir , but nnot discrimate based on a ndidate’s sexualy or genr – had stck the balance for “fair and reasonable laws” Islamic Council of Victoria said s submissn that Islamic schools should be able to teach stunts what Islam teach on genr inty and sexual orientatn “whout rervatn”, and take actn agast both staff and stunts if their nduct is “at nflict” wh the teachgs. ”Acrdg to the Sts webse, the general assembly of the Prbyterian Church elects a Council rponsible for overall ernance of the a letter sent to parents on Monday, prcipal Ian Lambert said the move was not an attempt to distance the school om the Prbyterian College Melbourne, which is also lked wh the Prbyterian Church, wrote a letter to parents on Monday sayg rejected the ia that stunts gay relatnships uld not be school Atralian Law Reform Commissn’s fal report is due to be hand to Attorney-General Mark Dreyf on feral ernment is nsirg the removal of anti-discrimatn exemptns for relig schools, which enable them to discrimate agast dividuals based on their sexual orientatn, genr inty, maral or relatnship stat, or pregnancy.

Submissns to the quiry have also exposed rifts among members of the Catholic tn peak body reprentg Catholic school prcipals Atralia said s submissn to the quiry the church discrimat agast women and said school enrolment forms should have more than two genr optns on the said discrimatn laws that allow schools to discrimate agast gay staff and stunts were morally College has junr and senr mp on eher si of Victoria Google EarthLoadgThose remarks appear to put at odds wh other Catholic anisatns and submissns to the review cludg the Natnal Catholic Edutn Commissn’s submissn, which said fah-based schools mt be able to engage staff who will support the relig ethos of the school. The Prbyterian Church of Atralia wants to refe stunts who have pre-maral sex or are gay om beg school pta. “The church believ gay and sexually-active stunts will not be able to give appropriate learship a Christian school, ” Herald Sun journalist, San O’Brien told Joe Hilbrand.

WATCH: GAY CHARACTER CAPTA UNRPANTS SPARKS SCHOOL BAN

In the tumn of 2000, we at Outsports had n the story of Greg Congdon, a high school football player Troy, Penn., who had been n off the team bee he was gay.

FORMER LLEGE FOOTBALL PTA WAS OPENLY GAY

What he and his teammat didn't know was that they were the middle of what would bee the longt season Divisn II history; And Sims was about to tell them he was gay. After a uple drks, Miller asked Sims if he was gay. He knew many of his teammat probably spected that he was gay, and he was right.

ELEMENTARY PARENTS NOTIFIED OF GAY CHARACTER CHILDREN'S BOOK

It wasn't until he was llege that he realized he was gay, and wasn't until that night that he told any of his iends. Not havg talked about wh anyone, Sims feared how divulgg that he was gay would change his team and how he f on . "Dpe the fear, Sims told them he was gay.

At 6-feet, 260 pounds, Sims didn't f the mold that most of the guys on the team had for gay men. "I wouldn't ll Brian your stereotypil gay man, whatever that may be.

His beg gay beme jt more fodr for locker room teasg, like someone's fat mom. Sims said he also beme the dumpg ground for every qutn his teammat had about gay people. "My team asked me everythg you n possibly ask a gay guy about sex, and the cst terms possible.

CAPTA GAY

"Everyone was jt really foced on the goal at hand, and [Sims beg gay] was jt put on the backburner. "On the ntrary, Sims said bee he was a good player many of his teammat found the posive si of havg an openly gay man on their team. ‘Not only is this guy an All-Conference player, and not only is he a starter, and not only is he a good iend of me, but I'm all right wh the fact that he's gay.

THIS SCHOOL IS BANNG THE NEW "CAPTA UNRPANTS" BOOK BEE IT CONTAS A GAY CHARACTER

And as new players me and younger players rose up the ranks, the story of the "gay pta" grew. Guys would say, ‘I n't believe that guy was gay and was the pta of the football team. He is also on the Board of Directors for Gay and Lbian Lawyers of Philalphia.