‘Stop being boys, be human’: Mason Black’s speech to his classmates at Brisbane Boys’ College

The school captain of Brisbane Boys’ College says, ‘What you really need is a basic acceptance and respect, and that, boys, is on all of us’

Brisbane Boys’ College was one of a number of Queensland private boys’ schools named after Chanel Contos, a former student of a Sydney girls’ school, called for victims to share testimonies of sexual assaults perpetrated by all-boys’ school students. The school captain of Brisbane Boys’ College delivered a speech to his classmates on Thursday.

Grace Tame, this year’s Australian of the Year, at 15 was groomed and raped by her 58-year-old teacher.

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