SMH今天报道，墨尔本一私立女校禁止本校一个Year 11学生邀请同性伴侣（Year 10）来参加学校的舞会。
而这位女生的父亲向Equal Opportunity Commission投诉学校因为他女儿的性取向的歧视行为。这位家长说，他们打算离开这所私校而转去对同性恋更宽容的公立学校。
而这位女生的同性伴侣也同时转到公立学校，她的家长同样也支持自己的女儿。
墨尔本这这所女子私校的校长则回应说：
“学校组织的活动（舞会）不是要歧视同性伴侣，而是因为舞会就是为了让女校的女学生们有男孩子们参与的体验。”
“如果我们开放让允许女生们带自己的同性朋友来参加，那么可能大家都会带女生朋友来了。这和我们要让男孩们来参与这个活动的初衷相悖。”
“我们是一个单一性别的女子学校，我们邀请的是客人，而不是同性伴侣。”
“而且年龄也是个问题，Year 11的女生邀请的是一个Year 10的同性学生。”
Girls interrupted: same-sex couple banned from ball
Henrietta Cook
November 10, 2010 - 8:55AM
‘‘It made me so upset’’ ... Hannah Williams, left, and her girlfriend, Savannah Supski, are changing schools so they can be together.
Photo: Angela Wylie
On the night of her school formal, Hannah Williams found herself all dressed up with nowhere to go.
After inviting friends to her home for ''pre-drinks'', the 16-year-old stood on her doorstep and watched her classmates file into the darkness to attend one of the highlights of the school year.
Instead of joining them, Hannah took off her heels and black dress and went to bed.
A few weeks earlier a teacher had told the year 11 student she couldn't attend the dance with her 15-year-old girlfriend, Savannah Supski. She was asked to bring a male instead. ''It made me very upset. I thought it was unfair so I didn't go,'' she said.
''I put a lot of effort into trying to fix things. I had meetings with principals; looked through the Equal Opportunity Act; all my friends put posters up around the school and the teachers ripped them down. There was an easy solution; they just needed to let me go with my girlfriend.''
Hannah's father, Peter Williams, lodged a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Commission, alleging the school - Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar in Melbourne - had discriminated against his daughter because of her sexual orientation.
''The school kept saying because it is an all-girls school we want to make an event where they can meet boys in a social scenario,'' he said. ''That process is anachronistic and creates feelings of discrimination among girls who are same-sex-attracted.''
After lodging the complaint in September, Mr Williams had a mediation session with the school but the two parties were unable to reach a conclusion.
The Williams family did not take matters further because it was becoming too stressful for their daughter, who will complete her final exams next year.
Mr Williams said the experience had forced his daughter to move to a ''more accepting'' government school.
Savannah, now 16, is also changing schools to be with her girlfriend and was happy to hear that their new school allowed same-sex couples to attend the formal. ''It was a homophobic issue and I feel extremely discriminated against at the old school,'' she said.
Sian Supski supports her daughter's decision to change schools. ''The idea that there had to be a gender balance at the dinner dance seemed to be discriminatory. It was a very difficult time for Savannah but she's an amazingly strong young person and we are very proud of her.''
The principal of Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar, Heather Schnagl, said the event did not discriminate against same-sex couples and was designed to promote a co-educational experience.
''I don't think it's appropriate they feel discriminated against, and I'm very upset they feel that,'' she said.
''If we opened it up and said girls could bring another female they would all bring females; the policy is trying to create an event where boys are invited. We are a school that has an all-girls environment, and they are meant to invite guests, not partners.''
She said age was also an issue. ''It's an event for year 11s and the student's guest was in year 10.''
Hannah said her friends took younger males and she was the only one asked to provide the age of her date. ''They kept on making up excuses, and said everything was a problem for me.''
The president of the NSW Secondary Principals' Council, Christine Cawsey, said it should be a matter for the student's family to decide. ''Our view is that if a student's family feels the partner is the best partner to bring then that's fine,'' she said. ''But I do understand that some schools can have different rules.''
The Equal Opportunity Commission said it could not comment.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/girls-interrupted-samesex-couple-banned-from-ball-20101109-17m29.html
[ 本帖最后由 patrickzhu 于 2010-11-10 12:21 编辑 ]
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嗯这个也算名校了
早上听新闻了，也采访了该校校长以及以及一位已毕业的学生。
我觉得校方并没有任何歧视。
being supportive 不是 说要encouraging homosexual relationship。
毕竟这个是christian school，我相信家长联盟和校方也不希望 学校公开鼓励同性恋行为。
能做到supportive，不反对，已经很不错了。
是不是上女校或男校，这类同性恋问题会比较麻烦？
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这有什么不好的，至少不会弄出怀孕的事情。
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你意思说要鼓励同性恋？
男女生交往，就一定会出轨怀孕？
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校长说话还是比较谨慎，先退让了一点
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''Our view is that if a student's family feels the partner is the best partner to bring then that's fine,'' ?????
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意思是说家长有管教限制小孩的权力，这事应该交给家长决定。但后面也加上了条件，不同的学校有不同的规矩。我觉得意思就是说，你在这学校就得遵守这学校的规矩。
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校长深知女校的女同很多啊，不过这也太狠了一点，哈哈。再说难道一定要同年级的异性伴侣才行吗？不是女大三好一些么，都是什么鬼理由
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作为家长，我肯定不鼓励同性恋
作为校长，学生怀孕就是麻烦事（可能西方学校无所谓？）
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年纪那个明显就是硬找理由了吧。。。。。
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这个新闻我早上也看了。
觉得爸爸很强大，支持女儿。
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是，两个女生的父母都很强大。
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估计澳洲这种父母也挺多吧
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http://media.smh.com.au/school-d ... -dance-2036703.html
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学校拒绝的理由比较牵强，说因为另外各女生是１０年级不能参加１１年级的舞会．
其实不管是异性恋，还是同性恋，我都不支持这样在中学里大张旗鼓．．影响很不好，父母估计也是hungry for attention
[ 本帖最后由 粉猪妈妈 于 2010-11-10 19:52 编辑 ]
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以前上高中时和一女生很要好，成天在一起，被男生开玩笑说是同性恋。
那时很傻、很天真，以为同姓叫同性恋，还很纳闷，暗想我二人也不是一个姓呀
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毛主席早就说过：“时代不同了，男女都一样。”
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其实校长的做法无可厚非，学校或者家长联盟是不可能鼓励此类行为的。为了防止同样事情愈演愈烈，只能及早制止。
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所以澳洲社会有培养同性恋的土壤。
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学生就开始搞这个了？明白自己到底是不是同性恋了吗？
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过去上中学时有很要好的同性朋友很正常的一件事. 现在这样搞, 岂不是培养同性恋.
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父母如果不强大，如果站在学校一边，大概要出更大的事了。
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鼓励不鼓励，人家要同，还是不同，有什么办法？
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澳洲社会对于同性恋已经很容忍了， 映象很深刻的是有一次听广播， 主持人问一个被采访的celebrity以后想要生男生还是女生，那个celebrity很认真的说想生一个gay, 这样男生，女生都有了， 主持人连声称道这真是一个好主意 我对同性恋不持反对态度， 但是也绝不会鼓励自己的孩子成为同性恋。
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我觉得同不同，和家长的鼓励不鼓励是没有关系，你鼓励你孩子同，TA就能同吗？你不鼓励TA同，TA还是要同，你又有什么办法呢？
我现在就开始祈祷，希望我儿子不是同性恋。
很明显的现在他喜欢和男生玩游戏。
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墨爾本: 女校被指歧視同性戀女生
因不准帶女友跳齋舞 11 November 2010 / 09:30 a.m.
維省平等機會及人
施素克稱，Ivanhoe女子文法學校不准11班女生威廉絲(Hannah Willams)帶其15歲女友參加禮服舞會，若理由是根據她的性取向，則校方或已違反了平等機會法。
16歲的威廉絲稱，她被要求帶男友出席舞會，但校長加以否認。
施素克在電台節目上受訪時稱，法律條文中有涉及性取向，而任何人不能因其性取向而受到不同的對待。
她說在青年人中，不少人同性相吸，而他們正因如此而被拒絕，而這樣做會引起精神病等嚴重問題。
威廉絲沒有出席該禮服舞會，以示抗議，並打算明年轉校，轉往Hawthorn區的Swinburne高中就讀，已與她交往八個月的女友蘇斯基(Savannah Supski)亦會轉讀該校。
Ivanhoe女子文法學校校長斯納高(Heather Schnagl)稱，這事件並沒有歧視同性伴侶。她說，該舞會是提供一個男女生在一起的場合，故男性朋友獲邀。同時，威廉絲的女友只有15歲，年紀太小，不准參加禮服舞會。
不過威廉絲稱以往有年紀較小學生獲准參加。施素克稱，學校規則應符合政府法例。
威廉絲的家人就這宗事件向該委員會投訴。他們其後曾與校方協商 ，試圖和解，但不得要領，決定轉校。(祖偉)
http://www.singtao.com.au/Austra ... 4446&intcatid=3
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学生也应当尊重学校的传统. 最后转校不就好了么.学校眼不见心不烦.学生也不用纠结.
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这新闻不是有发过？
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哪里会有公平呢，天真的年轻人。顶她的勇敢！
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