I don’t really know if we’re mature enough to keep this from turning into a hurricane in a bottle of a thread. I hope we are. And I’m not sure this doesn’t just warrant a post in the rage thread but screw that thread, seriously.
Two girls have been barred from going to their formal for Year 11 because the partners they wanted to bring were each other. This pissed me off no end, because of something that happened six or so months ago.
See, I know several people from this school, and I was talking to a girl there, several girls, around about six months ago and the conversation progressed until we were talking about how two lesbians attending the school, one 15 and the other 16, were barred from going to the Year 11 formal, because the partners they wanted to bring were each other. This is last year I’m talking about. The reason given for this is that one of the girls, being 15, was in Year 10 and as such wasn’t really allowed to go. That was fair enough, I thought, and then a thought occurred to me, and I asked how many Year 10 boys were at the formal. Apparently, a whole lot. A hell of a lot, actually. And, this time around, the excuse is the same and the facts are the same, going by several friends I’ve been in contact with – there were a lot of Year 10 boys at this formal. The second excuse, one I did not hear several months ago, was that the point of the formal was to promote co-educational relationships to help build team-work and form ties between the schools and blah-de-blah-de-blah which, apart being an excuse pulled from so far up the ass it’s dripping stomach acid, is basically admitting to the fact that this was an event where homosexuals were not welcome because they’re not promoting
synergy. And, on top of that, the Principle’s other defence was ridiculous, apparently running on
slippery slope logic and claiming that the all-important synergy they’ve worked so hard for would come crashing down if they allowed same-sex partners to attend the dance because then
all the girls would take other girls. To the formal. Which is a free ticket to make-out sessions with your girlfriends before, during and afterwards and a time where if you don't have a boyfriend or if a guy doesn't have a girlfriend, you stop pussyfooting around and ask someone out, quick. Because it's a goddamn
formal.What I’m saying is, this isn’t an
isolated incident. These girls only got noticed because they openly resisted it, unlike the couple last year who were either too scared or shy to fight back. Whether or not you think that last link is dubious, by the way, is up to you, since it involves the Greens and politicians getting involved will always be dubious to someone, but my school, also a private Catholic school, has several teachers who actively try and scare kids off being homosexual, citing bullying, the amount of homosexual who commit suicide or are the victims of homicides, some bullshit about AIDS I happened to overhear when I was walking past and how you can never have sex because sex is for marriage and gays can’t be married. Why? I was actually told to shut up and get back to work when I asked that. The teachers in question claim to be supportive, but do everything they can to convince kids not to come out until they're out of College. You know, away from them and presumably fornicating with the devil anyway at that point. Homophobia directed towards teenagers by both students
and staff isn’t an issue getting tackled and it should be and I’m really pissed about it.
Here’s where I tell you to feel free to share your thoughts, but if you needed my approval you wouldn’t be on the internet.
