學校邀同性諮商師演講 突然遭取消？
Speech by a gay counselor cancelled at the last minute
日前高雄市瑞祥高中去年底規劃一場性平講座，邀請同志身份的諮商師分享生命故事，卻傳出遭到家長與議員關切，在演講前一天臨時取消。雖然學校對外聲稱活動撞期，以調查後報名人數不足為由取消該場講座。但是透過記者交叉比對，發現學校早在調查之前即已取消，而學生對於校方說法也多有存疑。
A high school in Kaohsiung organized a speech about gender equality, inviting a gay counselor to share his story with students. However, the school was pressured by some parents and cancelled the speech at the last minute. Publically, the school claimed that the speech had clashed with another event in schedule, so they had to cancel it due to a shortage of students registering for the speech. However, reporters’ investigation found several flaws in the school’s claim.
諮詢師黃楷翔的手機說明來龍去脈
Cell phone records revealed the truth
2016年12月19日，校方製作講座內容傳單，分送各班傳閱；而同年12月22日上午8點因家長投訴與議員關切，教育局致電學校瞭解，11點緊急召開會議，討論決定如何處理，12點講師黃楷翔收到講座取消通知；隔天學生被告知因人數不足而取消。黃認為是學校遭到施壓而退讓的結果。
Flyers about the speech were distributed to students on December 19, 2016. On the 22, the school notified the speaker that the speech had been called off. Earlier that day, some parents had appealed to a member of the local city council to exert pressure on the school. Therefore, the speaker believed the speech was cancelled due to the pressure.
「我知道反同那方勢力一直不希望學校談同志教育，」黃楷翔表示，瑞祥這次事件並非單一個案，以往到學校或公家機關主辦的活動演講時，總會遭受抗議，因此往往不只要演講，還得成為學校的支持者，協助處理抗議意見。「可是我沒有想到這次會變成是議員關切，我其實有點生氣。這是一個不專業的人在干擾專業。」黃楷翔比喻為不良的醫病關係，家屬抗議醫生的治療行為，但影響的其實是病人的權益。「他們以為他們在捍衛孩子，可是其實是在干預孩子的受教權。」
The speaker said that this was not the first time parents protested. He had always had to help the schools deal with the protests. He was just enraged this time by the fact that a member of the city council had interfered. He said this was extremely unprofessional. This took away children’s right to be educated.
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