The Stch Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) was lnched jt short of three weeks ago by founr Le O’Brien and a number of other llegians wh the hope of changg a perceived culture of homophobia…
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- STCH COLLEGE REJECTS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH’S STANCE ON GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS
- GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS N’T OFFER ‘CHRISTIAN LEARSHIP’, SAYS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH
- FORMER REPUBLIN LAWMAKER AARON SCHOCK OUT AS GAY
- CHURCH LNCH BID FOR RIGHT TO SILE GAY STUNTS
- FORMER REPUBLIN LAWMAKER AARON SCHOCK HAS COME OUT AS GAY
STCH COLLEGE REJECTS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH’S STANCE ON GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS
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Stch College rejects Prbyterian Church’s stance on gay and sexually active stuntsHigh-fee Prbyterian boys’ school Stch College says disagre wh the church’s view that sexually active heterosexual or LGBTIQ+ stunts should not be school a letter to the school muny, llege uncil chairman Alex Sloan said the school did “not tolerate discrimatn towards our staff or stunts, cludg on the basis of sexual orientatn, genr inty, maral or relatnship stat or pregnancy”. Gay-Straight Alliance: A Pch for a New Culturevia Gay-Straight Alliance on FacebookThe Stch Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) was lnched jt short of three weeks ago by founr Le O’Brien and a number of other llegians wh the hope of changg a perceived culture of homophobia at Stch. Recently, the GSA has released Homophobia: A Morn Issue a Tradnal School, a short documentary directed by Tom Cron featurg Mr Johnstone, Head of English, and Le O’ Johnstone, Head of English, an terview wh the GSA outl how the staff body is “dog s bt” to “make stunts feel clud”.
However, he also exprs ncern about whether “a stunt would feel fortable this school”, reflectg the thoughts of Le, at the “sual homophobia” prent the school environment. This echo the lls ma by the GSA on their social media pag to wele and embrace gay and queer stunts, and to raise awarens amongst the staff as well as stunts of this need for acceptance.
GAY AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE STUNTS N’T OFFER ‘CHRISTIAN LEARSHIP’, SAYS PRBYTERIAN CHURCH
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Stch prcipal sorry for gay stunt lears ntroversyNew Stch College prcipal Dr Stt Marsh has apologised to gay old boys “who felt ostracised” and has clarified the school’s stance on appotg gay stunt lears.
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. ”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”.
FORMER REPUBLIN LAWMAKER AARON SCHOCK OUT AS GAY
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’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.
CHURCH LNCH BID FOR RIGHT TO SILE GAY STUNTS
”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.
FORMER REPUBLIN LAWMAKER AARON SCHOCK HAS COME OUT AS GAY
In this book, the first of s kd, 15 LGBTQ prints and chancellors higher tn provi sight to their experienc and highlight the importance of queer learship for the amy and the to this century, there were few known gay or lbian prints North Amerin higher tn. Mattfeld, print of Barnard College om 1976 to 1980, rarely receiv regnn for bravg sexism, heterosexism, and homophobia durg her princy. Aaron Schock of Illois on Thursday me out as gay a statement posted to his Instagram.
“I am gay, ” Schock wrote. While reprentg Illois’ 18th Congrsnal District, Schock opposed same-sex marriage and voted agast the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that barred gay men and women om servg openly the ary. “In 2008, as a Republin nng a nservative district, I took the same posn on gay marriage held by my party’s nomee, John McCa.