Below: In a Today program interview on March 3, 2016, Magda Szubanski explains the importance of celebrations like the Sydney Mardi Gras and programs such as the Safe Schools Program for the safety of gay, lesbian and transgender young people.
Below: On March 2, 2016, The Weekly ran a segment discussing conservative attitudes to the safe Schools Program and to same-sex marriage.
Below: On March 1, 2015, the ABC's Q & A ran a program on the Safe Schools program, same-sex marriage and Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.
Below: An ABC interview released on February 23, 2016, in which Senator Cory Bernardi explains his objections to the Safe Schools Program.
Web links, documents
Internet information
The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) is the body under whose auspices the Safe Schools Coalition Australia (SSCA) operates.
FYA's Internet site has a section titled 'Fast Facts about Safe Schools Coalition Australia'.
The 'facts' address many of the criticism directed at the SSCA and the program it has developed.
These responses can be accessed at https://www.fya.org.au/2016/02/12/fast-facts-about-safe-schools-coalition-australia/
On March 2, 2016, Your Life Choices published an opinion piece titled 'Giving kids the support they need'.
The piece supports the Safe Schools program.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at https://www.yourlifechoices.com.au/news/safe-schools-program-still-under-attack
On February 26, 2016, The Conversation published a comment by Timothy W. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University titled 'Safe Schools Coalition: what is the Christian Right afraid of?'
Wells traces the development of the Christian Right's pre-occupation with the different forms of sexual expression practised in Australia.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/safe-schools-coalition-what-is-the-christian-right-afraid-of-55296
On February 26, 2016, The New Matilda published an opinion piece by Lucy Watson titled 'Safe Schools Debacle Reveals Coalition's Juvenile Delinquents And High School Bullies'
Watson argues that those who oppose the Safe Schools Program are displaying homophobia.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at https://newmatilda.com/2016/02/26/safe-schools-debacle-reveals-coalitions-juvenile-delinquents-and-high-school-bullies/
On February 25, 2016, the Australia First Party published an opinion piece expressing its wide-ranging opposition to the Safe Schools Program. The comment is titled 'Safe Schools mean keeping sexual deviance out of our classrooms'
(Please note, the material adopts a very negative point of view, presenting same-sex orientation and transgender inclinations as 'deviant'.)
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://australiafirstparty.net/safe-schools-mean-keeping-sexual-deviance-out-of-our-classrooms/
On February 24, 2016, New Matilda published an opinion piece by Max Chalmers titled 'The Anti-Gay Emails to MPs: Safe Schools Program Will "Destroy Civilisation"'
The purpose of the article and the published excerpts from emails is to demonstrate the prejudice of many of those who oppose the Safe Schools Program
The full text of the comment can be accessed at https://newmatilda.com/2016/02/24/exclusive-anti-safe-schools-emails-to-mps-reveal-homophobia-and-confusion-among-programs-opponents/
In February, 2015, Family Voice Australia sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, protesting against the introduction of the Safe Schools Program into Australian schools.
The full text of the letter can be accessed at http://www.fava.org.au/publications-access-notice/977
Bully Zero Australia Foundation has a section of its Internet site devoted to homophobia and homophobic bullying. The site gives an indication of the extent of the problem.
Access to this information can be had at http://bzaf.org.au/homophobic-bullying/
