Kentucky high school removes gay basketball player from yearbook page

SB Nation Outsports ^ | August 12, 2015 | Cyd Zeigler

[EveningStar]

Betsy Layne High School in rural Kentucky this year had a two-page yearbook spread that featured all of the seniors on the boys basketball team. Except, one senior was left out of the tribute: Dalton Maldonado, the team's starting point guard who came out publicly as gay a couple months ago.

[Gay State Conservative]

That pervert just won the lottery...in the Federal courts that is.

[beethovenfan]

Uh-oh

[Pearls Before Swine]

The teams star guard—he was known for “going to the hole.”

[sam_whiskey]

This just seems stupid on the part of the school or there’s got to be more to the story...

[stephenjohnbanker]

Somebody famous should hold a press conference and say

” The time is right. I’m making a very personal announcement. I am a heterosexual “

[dhs12345]

Why do we all need to know what kind of sex a person likes or with whom? Sheesh!

For most of us there are a heck of a lot more important issues in our daily lives.

[Norm Lenhart]

When the school loses a few million, they should simply explain to the students and taxpayers that one homo’s sex life was more important than their cash or education and just cost them millions. And that the next homo will do likewise until the taxpayers stand up and tell Fedgov to pound salt.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Probably for singing, laughing, dancing and clapping his hands over his head too much while he was out on the court. Ole’!

[IronJack]

I'm not sure what damages the fag could claim. He would have to prove that being dropped from the yearbook was intentional, and that it somehow constituted an injury. And furthermore, that the school was not within its rights to censor pictures as they saw fit.

It's too bad some of the team didn't show their support ... by escorting him out of the locker room. Horizontally.

[Sacajaweau]

I’m sure the kid chose to extricate himself and blame the school...for not loving him. It’s self bullying. And now, I’ll read the article.

[Norm Lenhart]

Well I’m not famous but...

The time is right. I’m making a very personal announcement. I am Pixelsexual. I like hot Skyrim babes.

So do I get all the lib perks too?

[GeronL]

I guess he could sue the kids on the Yearbook Committee

[BykrBayb]

Is this a homosexual magazine?

[Gay State Conservative]

I guess he could sue the kids on the Yearbook Committee

You lack imagination.Think School Board....

[DesertRhino]

They should have dropped all basketball pages. And let him feel the appreciation from everyone. Sick SOB

[Sacajaweau]

The article said he came out recently. The books were likely done months and months ago. I think there’s more to this.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Yep, and free desert!

[kingu]

There's not much of a case unless they pretty much have a tape recording of a district official on the phone to the printer requesting the picture be removed. Even then, doubt it would be admissible.

Fascinating, to me, is OTHER than today's story drop about the missing picture, there's nothing on the facebook page. So, what, he JUST finally looked at the senior basketball team tribute, months after he got the yearbook????

[lee martell]

The student seemed to be a notorious whistleblower, posting remarks online that put the school in a bad light. If the harrassment is real, get a lawyer or intermediary. Don’t slam the school month after month, building tension, then wonder why they’d prefer to act as though you don’t exist.

Be what you wish, but on your own time. Don’t use the school basketball team as a platform for your LGBT ambitions. This distraction is one of the main reasons almost no team wants to deal with Michael Sams. He wears his heart and sexuality on his sleeve, so to speak.