Teen sues Mississippi high school over gender policing
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Alex Blaze
August 17, 2010 5:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/teen_sues_mississippi_high_school_over_gender_poli.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/teen_sues_mississippi_high_school_over_gender_poli.php)
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit against a Mississippi high school that excluded a female student's name and senior portrait from the yearbook rather than publish a photo of her in a tuxedo. The lawsuit charges that Ceara Sturgis was unfairly discriminated against by the Wesson Attendance Center based on her sex and unfair gender stereotypes.
"I went to school with my classmates my whole life, and it hurts that I'm not included in my senior yearbook as part of my graduating class," Ceara said. "I never thought that my school would punish me just for being who I am."