But during the April school holidays, an unknown school parent reported to the principal that Charlotte was in a same-sex relationship. The parent said they had discovered her sexuality in a Facebook post. “I got a text message from the principal saying: ‘Sorry to intrude in your non-term time. But I’ve sent you a very important email and I need you to address it immediately’,” Charlotte said.
Charlotte* was sacked by a Christian private school after her same-sex relationship was discovered by a parent. Nick Moir
Charlotte had kept her relationship secret from the school since she started seeing her girlfriend in January this year. The couple never held hands in public, lest a parent or student see them. She was not friends with any parents on Facebook, so she still doesn’t know how a parent saw when she changed her social media relationship status. All she knows is that it ended her career at the school.