Catholic school’s diocese forces it to cancel visit from prominent LGBTQ+ author
Teachers are threatening to strike after a prominent author of LGBTQ+ fiction had his visit to their Catholic school cancelled by the diocese. Simon James Green, the writer behind hugely popular books such as Sleepover Takeover and Heartbreak Boys, was due to visit the John Fisher School in Purley, Croydon on 7 March. However, The I newspaper exclusively reported that his talk was cancelled last minute when the local diocese intervened to stop it going ahead. The school’s senior leadership reportedly voted on the issue and wanted Green to talk…
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