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• Saturday, December 22

  Principal agrees with ACLU; Allows student to wear lesbian t-shirt

  Source: Virginian-Pilot via Pantagraph PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Bethany Laccone can attend I.C. Norcom High School wearing a T-shirt that depicts a lesbian pride symbol, Principal Lynn Briley said Friday. Briley’s announcement came a day after the American Civil Liberties Union demanded that Norcom officials apologize to the 17-year-old student after a teacher and an assistant principal there reportedly made her cover up the shirt and requested she not wear it to school. The organization also requested, among other things, that officials not participate in other such “censorship” and remove any disciplinary... Posted Dec 22 2007, 12:08 AM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: education, state:VA, discrimination

• Thursday, December 20

  ACLU demands VA school stop censoring gay student

  Source: Houston Voice In Portsmouth, Virginia, a high school female has been punished for wearing a T-shirt featuring a lesbian pride symbol (two overlapping female gender symbols). A teacher was upset by the shirt, and school officials at I.C. Norcom High School had threatened the 17-year-old senior with suspension, according to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union. "When my teacher told me she wanted me to turn my shirt inside-out or cover it up, I was confused, because I've worn that shirt to school several times before and nobody ever said a word about it,"... Posted Dec 20 2007, 02:22 PM by NewsEditor with | with no comments Filed under: education, youth issues, state:VA, discrimination

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