Posted on 05/24/2023 5:46:53 AM PDT by Morgana
JACKSON, Miss. -- A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials' decision, an attorney for the girl's family said Saturday.
Linda Morris, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union's Women’s Rights Project, said the ruling handed down late Friday by U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel in Gulfport, Mississippi, “is as disappointing as it is absurd.”
“Our client is being shamed and humiliated for explicitly discriminatory reasons, and her family is being denied a once-in-a-lifetime milestone in their daughter’s life,” Morris said. "No one should be forced to miss their graduation because of their gender.”
The ACLU confirmed that the 17-year-old girl — listed in court papers only by her initials L.B. — would skip the Saturday ceremony for Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson.
The student “has met the qualifications to receive a diploma," according to Wynn Clark, attorney for the Harrison County School District.
The ACLU sued the district Thursday on behalf of the student and her parents after Harrison Central principal Kelly Fuller and school district superintendent Mitchell King told L.B. that she must follow the boys' clothing rules. Graduating boys are expected to wear white shirts and black slacks, while girls are expected to wear white dresses.
L.B. had selected a dress to wear with her cap and gown. The lawsuit said L.B. had worn dresses to classes and extracurricular events throughout high school, including to a prom last year, and she should not face discriminatory treatment during graduation.
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CNN has a picture of him....MAJOR BARF ALERT!!!!!
There must be more to this story. Who cares if she wants to dress like a boy?
So what.
You didn’t dress appropriate to your sex, you did it to yourself.
Oh there is more!
“a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision”
STOP THE PRESSES!
OR should I say?
“OH ELIZABETH! IT’S THE BIG ONE”
“COMMON SENSE IS BACK!!”
Not until the title of this article is “Boy pretending to be girl causes uproar at graduation”.
“American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights”
I don’t think that word means what they think it means....
What this article really said is
“Boy in a dress is a crybaby”
and what is worse? He’s proud of it and so is his family!
Try reading again.....
if he wants to dress like a girl. let him.
as long as he uses the legal name for graduation.
the school system will pay dearly for this.
No one gives a **** about he/she/it/whatever.
You misspelled HE.
No they won’t!
“a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision”
So he can put on his big boy pants or sit this one out
If the kids wear caps and gowns, why does it matter? I mean, I get the judges decision and it is a good one, but who really cares what someone wears under the cap and gown?
At my high school graduation I had to wear a suit and tie. My buddies from the football team and I all wore gym shorts, our jerseys and shoes. Faculty didn’t even notice.
Getting tired of these kids ruling our country. They’re a pain in the butt.
I did. It’s all so ridiculous and it’s only for attention. Dude is going to be railrodded in a meth den by age 20.
I guess he’s going to be outlandish and they don’t want that.
I wore a dress under my cap and gown and you could see it, it came down under my gown. It was a pink dress. You know these trannies they have to walk around like a fairy princess exploded on them or something.
we will see. and if i am wrong i will admit it... but if the school system has allowed such dress code violations during school, then they will be found to be accountable in damages that will be coming...
feds believe it to be a state’s issue, so no overturning in fed court.
will be interesting to follow.
Silly Negro, chicks don’t have dicks.
Yeah. Close the blinds and flit around in the privacy of your home. Invite your queer friends over but dear God do it in private.
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