Posted on 02/18/2006 6:01:24 PM PST by naturalman1975
A STUDENT being asked to remove a T-shirt with a lesbian slogan has sparked a protest at a school in Melbourne's northwest.
About 30 students at Strathmore Secondary College last week rallied behind Year 12 classmate Stephanie, 17, after she was told by teachers to change out of the T-shirt for school photos.
Stephanie, who did not want her surname published, said she had worn a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Nobody knows I'm a lesbian" to school on several occasions without concerns being raised by staff or fellow students.
"I've had it for ages," she said.
But she said things changed when she wore it on school photo day, sparking concern among Year 12 co-ordinators.
She was quickly asked to take the T-shirt off.
"They said it was because certain parents would complain," Stephanie said.
Her mother, Susan, said she had had the controversial T-shirt printed for her daughter when she was about 15.
Susan said her daughter was brave to wear the T-shirt in public and particularly at school.
"I'm proud of her," she said. "I love her and I don't care what she is."
Stephanie said she was disappointed by the school's request for her to remove the T-shirt, but understood the concerns.
She said she would wear the T-shirt to school again once the issue had calmed down.
The incident triggered a protest by other Year 12 students, who turned up at school wearing T-shirts with similar slogans. They included "Nobody knows I am bulimic", "Nobody knows I'm pregnant" and "Nobody knows I'm on steroids". The students said they found the request to Stephanie discriminatory and an attack on free speech.
Stephanie said she was shocked by the amount of support she had received.
"It's pretty cool I guess," she said.
The school declined to comment this week.
Dont worry they are on thier way i just pinged the freeper libertarians both big L and small l
I didn't see Stephanie's father mentioned in the article...
oops I forgot to put you onthe libertarian ping list until after i pinged them to this thread.Your on the list now though
You probably need to shop for a better church.
Yeah, that would seem to be an evolutionary dead-end, unless she's a kid and relents later on. Just a fad urged on by liberals.
If the shirt is not obscene, I think it's her right to wear it. But I would like to have seen one of the protesters wear a shirt saying, "Nobody knows I'm a southerner" with a confederate flag. Or "Nobody knows I believe in American exceptionalism".
I bet that would toast a few cookies.
That's the one and only thing she wants the world to know and remebers about her? What a loser! The Leftist agenda has sure done a job of screwing up a lot of young people...and their parents, which was their goal all along.
Or my favorite "Nobody knows I'm not a lesbian."
Wonder what the school would have done about that latter one.
Love the sinner, hate the sin.
There, but for the grace of God, go I.
What's her new one? "Nobody Knows I'm Stupid"?
Hmmm. Looking at the picture, is she SURE nobody knows she's lesbian?
"Girlfriend, you don't need a t-shirt to deliver that message. The world already knows sweetpea."
Or how about "Nobody knows when I'm tongue-tied".
That wasn't what was posted in #8 to which I responded. It read, "I've been taught to believe that God loves them."
In any event what verse in the Bible are you quoting?
I never knew that Meatloaf was a lesbian.
That would be excellent, too, as would
"Nobody knows T-shirts cause cancer."
"Looking at the picture, is she SURE nobody knows she's lesbian?"
Genuine bull-dyke.
Saw the pic. They know, honey......they know.
Like it wasn't obvious when Meat Loaf sang "I Would Do Anything For Love" to Dana Patrick.
LOL! The resemblance is amazing!
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