Lest your readers are mislead, gay activist Gary Burns did not want cash for himself.

He was asking Xavier High School, which published an article calling for the world to be “free of homosexuals”, to show remorse through a relatively small donation to a gay support group.

It appears to be a reasonable demand for what he believed to be a breach of NSW anti- vilification law, and an act that will lead to harm and violence for residents of Albury-Wodonga who are gay, or are thought to be.

While Xavier High School is avoiding responsibility for the homophobic article, it feels fake because it seems to be after the fact and prompted by publicity.

It is also extraordinary, because this article was published and distributed by the school. How much more responsible can Xavier High School be for this?

I suggest that “World of sex and drugs” is an unfortunate choice for a title, for an article linked with “homosexuality”.

It needs to be clear that this is only one man’s experience of the gay identity – that of Matthew Price, who was the author of the Xavier article.

Many straight people have problems with sex and drugs but we don’t tend to describe “heterosexuality as a world of sex and drugs”.

As a medical doctor who sees the evil that comes from picking on minorities, I urge Xavier High School to accept responsibility for publishing homophobic material.

— DR KA CHUN TSE,

Wodonga