One of Queensland's most prestigious boys' schools has told final-year students they can't take their gay partners to the senior formal. Several students at Churchie - an Anglican Church Grammar School - have made it known they want to escort boyfriends to the formal this June, but the school is insisting they take a member of the opposite sex, reports The Courier Mail. Churchie headmaster Jonathan Hensman said none of the students had approached him directly, but a staff member had raised the issue on their behalf. "The senior dinner dance is an opportunity for our young men to escort a young woman in a formal school environment," Hensman said. "We don't intend to change our practice. As well as being a social occasion, it's an education forum and to that end the school decides what is appropriate behaviour and what is not." Hensman said the issue had not "formally" arisen in the past, that he could recall, but the question was not unexpected given "the changing times". "Not all students take their girlfriends. Some take a female friend. It's about protocols and decorums," he said. But Hensman said if any of Churchie's seniors approached him formally, he would consider taking the request to the school council. This story continues on the link below.