Backlash over gay parenting doco in school

Piccoli told 2GB Radio that the documentary, which looks at the lives of families with same-sex parents and was given a PG rating in Australia, wasn’t being shown because it wasn’t on the school curriculum.

News.com.au and RendezView, both owned by News, have run entirely reasonable op-eds on the right of schools to screen Gayby Baby, including one by a parent of a Burwood Girls High student – which would be great if those outlets weren’t literally down the hall from the people who started this ugly nontroversy in the first place.

Ms Newell, 27, said Gayby Baby, which has been identified by global film festivals and in Australia as a family film, is more about four children growing up than their parents’ sexuality.

The movie, written by former student Maya Newell – who grew up with two mums, tells the story of four kids who all have gay parents and are about to face adolescence.

Neither Amy nor Milly expressed gripes about religious seminars trying to turn them Christian instead of that time being used for the “maths and English and curriculum matters” that Education Minister Adrian Piccoli is championing, and they thought Bishop’s speech held positive messages for women. But I think I experienced a similar pride for the first time when a link came up on my Facebook feed today, with the accompanying tributes: “Wooo go Burwood”, “Go BGHS!” and “Warms my heart”.

A school has been banned from screening a film during school hours about children with gay parents.

A film about children from same-sex families can’t be shown in NSW schools unless it relates to areas being studied under the curriculum, but the government insists it’s not a ban.

She said that the reaction to her film had been “quite upsetting and disappointing”.

She dismissed suggestions the film was part of the marriage equality campaign, pointing out production began five years ago when the current political debate could not have been predicted.

‘I understand the intent of that is to provide an example of tolerance and that’s something I absolutely support, ‘ he said. The film gives them a voice.

A still from the documentary film Gayby Baby.

Wear it Purple is an annual diversity supporting event that has never prompted any controversy before, and is a grassroots movement created by students themselves. “Students, such as my sister, who sit this out shouldn’t be discriminated against”.

On the day, the City of Sydney, NSW Police Force, LGBTI youth group Twenty10, LGBTI health body ACON and others will host a special Wear It Purple day event in Hyde Park.

Newell has since responded to the ban on Twitter, “saying there is no place for bullying, homophobia or discrimination in Australian public schools or in the media”.

“The girls don’t have to wear purple if they don’t want to”.