Gayby Baby

[icyfroth]

Burwood Girls High School: Anger over gay parenting documentary ‘Gayby Baby’

PARENTS are angry that a prominent government high school had organised for its 1200 students to watch a documentary on gay parenting instead of normal classes.

Burwood Girls High School sent a flyer to parents last week saying all students would attend a special screening of the documentary Gayby Baby during periods two and three on Friday. Students were instructed to wear purple, with purple cupcakes served after the movie.

But after a backlash from parents, including outrage at the flyer which depicted a young, shirtless boy with a tattoo on his chest, principal Mia Kumar yesterday offered parents the option to exclude their daughters from the screening if they notified the school in writing.

NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has now directed the Department of Education to ensure the film is not shown in school hours, telling  2GB Radio on Wednesday while the schools accepted diversity, “schools are not places for political issues to be aired”.

“During school hours we expect them to be doing maths and English and curriculum matters.

This movie is not part of the curriculum and that’s why I’ve made that direction,” Mr Piccoli said.

He also admitted that he hadn’t seen the film, which follows the lives of several children with same-sex parents.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/burwood-girls-high-school-anger-over-gay-parenting-documen...

"principal Mia Kumar yesterday offered parents the option to exclude their daughters from the screening if they notified the school in writing." 

How dare they?

Who is pushing this relentless homosexual agenda, and why?

[iapetus_rocks]

Education is all about challenging people to consider facts, concepts and ideas.

and moreover, to facilitate the children's ability to formulate their own ideas

it's a fact that some children live with same sex parents.

it's a concept which people who don't live in that situation, might find strange

and therein lies the value of exposing people to consider this situation, and to listening to other people who have lived in it.

[lloydslights]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Who is pushing this relentless homosexual agenda, and why?

good question.

it wasn't going to be just a screening -

it was going to be a celebration with cup

cakes and fashion parade....seriously..

1.  I find this picture on the poster disturbing - why a naked child?  Why a tattoo?

2.  Purple cupcakes and fashion parade under the rainbow flag.

If a former student was a murderer in gaol, would they have a documentary with a child describing what it was like going to visit Mummy behind bars?  Followed with a fashion parade and cupcakes under the "Inmates Rights Association" flag?'

Look, I don't mind anyone attending a documentary about different aspects of Life as told by anyone.  But to make it a celebration?  During school hours?

DEB

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[nevynreally]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

Education is all about challenging people to consider facts, concepts and ideas.

and moreover, to facilitate the children's ability to formulate their own ideas

it's a fact that some children live with same sex parents.

it's a concept which people who don't live in that situation, might find strange

and therein lies the value of exposing people to consider this situation, and to listening to other people who have lived in it.

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Government education in Australia has a responsibility to educate all. Not just fringe groups. If we, as a community accept these changes then all schools should show it.

[para-slights]

At school we watched a few docos on civil rights and the effects of British colonialism we talked about how 50 years earlier showing us this documentary would have brought some heated ire upon the school. Little did we suspect this scenario would actually play out a few dacades later with others vying for rights and equality

[punch*drunk]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

My feelings are that I would have no problems allowing my children to watch the docco but I'd also instruct them about the political implications of the requirement to wear something purple while attending.

The teachers missed the point . . . in my opinion.

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What are the political implications of wearing purple while watching a documentary about children being raised by same sex parents?

The school has apparently been highlighting Purple Day for some time.

I have far more problems with the documentary than with the worldwide promotion of Epilepsy Awareness Day on Friday, the day they are wearing purple.

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Nothing to do with epilepsy.

Wear it Purple has a simple message:
“You have the right to be proud of who you are.”

Who you love and how you define your...self does not change that.

Wear it Purple is a student run, not-for-profit organisation that exists to support young people who identify as sexuality and/or gender diverse (i.e. rainbow).

Wear it Purple seeks to raise awareness about the issues faced by these young people and the need to eradicate bullying based on sexuality and gender diversity. We aim to help create a world that is safe for all young people, within which they are free to learn, grow and belong. Wear it Purple believes that everyone has the right to be proud of who they are, and we aim to empower these young people to be able to.

[k0llectable5]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

I didn't know that wearing purple was an indication of support for people suffering from epilepsy.

I didn't either, but I thnk here they are wearing it to support The concept "It's not OK to say "thats so Gay"  https://www.propellerproject.com.au/Project/Details/36

It was not clarified that viewing the docco and wearing of purple while doing so were totally unrelated.

I believe it was totally related.

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[Anonymous]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

I think the Purple Day is a great innovation but not to push other agendas like the film.

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but the wear it purple day does have

a specific agenda.  the film is related

to their cause.

http://www.wearitpurple.org/

[moonflyte]

There is a political agenda behind this. To make it that you have to "opt out".

 This is a thing that is taking advantage of vulnerable minds  but it should not be automatically  compulsory and you have to opt out.

The letter the principle sent out was "all students will attend" making it compulsory.

Schools are not there to peddle political views and ideologies. The other thing is if a student does not agree then that student or students are open to bullying.

[bluecat*dancing]

The banning of the film sends a terrible message to kids who have same sex parents and those who are themselves gay. Funny how the school had received no complaints about the screening of the film. Scary the power that a second rate tabloid has over politicians.

Outrageous, the outrage over Wear It Purple Day, a day that two students started [ Yes, two teens. How outrageous!]. How outrageous that for the past 5 years, students celebrate the individuality of every young person. How outrageous that the message is " You have the riight to be proud of who you are". How outrageous that support is being shown to rainbow young people. Outrageous!

What is outrageous is the intolerance and ignorance of adults. You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

[bluecat*dancing]

http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2015/08/26/outrage-school-informs-students-gay-people-exist

Parents have been left fuming at the screening of a documentary at a Sydney school that have controversially informed students that gay people exist and live normal lives. Students at Burwood Girls High School in Sydney were expected to attend a screening of a controversial documentary in which same-sex couples are openly shown to exist in this world.

“This is filling our kid’s heads with propaganda,” an outraged parent claimed. “If we start teaching our kids that it’s okay to be gay then next thing you know they won’t be vilifying gay people.

“It could lead to absolutely horrendous outbreaks of tolerance in the school yard which is pretty much the prime bullying years. Without proper trauma being inflicted in their development years anyone in the school starting to identify as a member of the queer community might not feel the shame we’re desperately trying to instil in them.

“The absolute last thing we want our children exposed to is differing views from various perspectives to show them the complexity of the world. We must not let education become a tool for teaching people things they don’t know.”