Citipointe Christian College reaches settlement with parents over gender contracts

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Pentecostal Christian school, Citipointe Christian College, that made national headlines after issuing a controversial student gender and sexuality contract has reached a settlement with parents.

The college in Carindale on Brisbane’s southside has issued an “expression of regret” two years after asking parents to sign a new enrolment contract, which stated that homosexuality was “sinful”.

Protesters outside Citipointe Christian College in February 2022 after the school issued sexuality contracts.Parents took the school to the Queensland Human Rights Commission, and on Sunday the school issued a statement expressing regret. Former Citipointe Christian College student Felicity Myers outside the school with protesters in January 2022.Former teacher and parent Helen Clapham Burns said the statement was a step towards reconciliation between the school and LGBTI community.“This statement is very powerful. It allows and demonstrates a conversation can take place between religious communities with different interpretations,” she told ABC Radio Brisbane on Monday.

 

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