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Title: Coaches Who Outed Gay Student Did Not Invade Her Privacy, Court Rules
Post by: DriftingCrow on June 08, 2013, 08:49:14 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on June 08, 2013, 08:49:14 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/gay-student-outed-coaches-invasion-of-privacy_n_3398368.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/gay-student-outed-coaches-invasion-of-privacy_n_3398368.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices)
Source: Huffington Post, no author listed
Two softball coaches from Kilgore High School in Texas told a student's mother that she was homosexual and about the lesbian relationship the student was having back in 2010, the coaches were sued by the student's mother for violation of privacy. the appellate court said there was no right to privacy.
"During the 2009 confrontation, the coaches allegedly took Skye into a locker room, threatened her, interrogated her and eventually kicked her off the team, the Dallas Voice reported. Afterward, Skye said she became anxious and depressed. Her grades went down, and she started skipping school. Her bond with her mother weakened, and she even attempted suicide.
On May 31, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fletcher and Newell didn't violate the gay teen's privacy because there is no precedent regarding a public school student's right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment when it comes to sexual orientation. "
The ACLU is concerned that outing students as gay to parents could put some students at risk.
Source: Huffington Post, no author listed
Two softball coaches from Kilgore High School in Texas told a student's mother that she was homosexual and about the lesbian relationship the student was having back in 2010, the coaches were sued by the student's mother for violation of privacy. the appellate court said there was no right to privacy.
"During the 2009 confrontation, the coaches allegedly took Skye into a locker room, threatened her, interrogated her and eventually kicked her off the team, the Dallas Voice reported. Afterward, Skye said she became anxious and depressed. Her grades went down, and she started skipping school. Her bond with her mother weakened, and she even attempted suicide.
On May 31, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Fletcher and Newell didn't violate the gay teen's privacy because there is no precedent regarding a public school student's right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment when it comes to sexual orientation. "
The ACLU is concerned that outing students as gay to parents could put some students at risk.