What do you think of the decision to ban the lesbian couple from a school formal?

A Year 11 student from Ivanhoe Girls Grammar has complained of bigotry after the Victorian school barred her from bringing her younger girlfriend to the formal. The principal of the school says the event was intended to be mixed-sex, and that the pupil should bring a boy her own age. What do you think of the decision?

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Published 10 November 2010 2:22pm

Updated 26 August 2013 2:01pm

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Source: SBS

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A Year 11 student from Ivanhoe Girls Grammar has complained of bigotry after the Victorian school barred her from bringing her younger girlfriend to the formal. The principal of the school says the event was intended to be mixed-sex, and that the pupil should bring a boy her own age. What do you think of the decision?

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