Schools must let gay students bring their partners
State schools in Victoria must allow gay students to bring their partners to formals and functions, the State Government has said.
The directive comes after a Year 12 student at an Anglican school in Brisbane was outraged after his request on behalf of eight classmates at the all boys' school to bring their partners to a formal was met with a lukewarm response.
The boy claimed the school told him it might change regulations requiring formal partners be of the opposite sex if it was done with a minimum of fuss.
He and his friends are now likely to boycott the event, claiming they have been discriminated against.
A Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Devlopment spokeswoman told News Limited that schools were not allowed to disrciminate against gay students.
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The directive comes after a Year 12 student at an Anglican school in Brisbane was outraged after his request on behalf of eight classmates at the all boys' school to bring their partners to a formal was met with a lukewarm response.
The boy claimed the school told him it might change regulations requiring formal partners be of the opposite sex if it was done with a minimum of fuss.
He and his friends are now likely to boycott the event, claiming they have been discriminated against.
A Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Devlopment spokeswoman told News Limited that schools were not allowed to disrciminate against gay students.
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