Girl Gets Photo Removed from Yearbook for Wearing a Tux
Feministing
16 October 2009


http://community.feministing.com/2009/10/girl-gets-photo-removed-from-y.html


Ceara Sturgis is a senior at a Mississippi high school described as being exemplary: "a straight-A student, goal on the soccer team, a trumpet player in the band and active in Students Against Drunk Driving". Despite all of this, Ceara's school is not allowing her senior photo to be included in the yearbook.

93 posts to the article by time I checked it out.

The news paper where I live has the same type of attached forum to their articles (Gannett owns both Clarion Ledger and the local news where I live) and sometimes it's scary to read what other people in my area are thinking about. I've seen a few articles in my news paper about LGBT issues and some of the things that are said just make me scared to leave the house.

Good luck to the girl.

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091016/NEWS/910160356/Gay+teen+s+yearbook+snub+challenged

This link is in the article from Feministing, but I figured I'd put it up here so people can directly go to the Gannett article.

I would guess that someone high in authority heard about it who is a conservative Christian, and feels that it is her/his moral duty to stop this picture to save our world from destruction.

They are not thinking of the student at all.

What a tragic thing for this student.  I don't know about the administrator's faith, but it is obvious that someone in the higher ups is extremely homophobic.  I have to admit, she looks great in the picture.   There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.  It is not indecent in any way.

Kristi

She looks really good. Why are people so stupid?

I wouldn't call it stupid, but it is a bit rude.

Just because someone thought they had the power and they felt they were right, this person doesn't get to have their picture in the school yearbook. I'd honestly rather not have my picture in a year book then have one that doesn't reflect who I am.

If the choice for me was wear a tux or not be in the yearbook, I'd rather not be in the yearbook.

nothing wrong with the photo, but if i didn't know the girl (which i don't) or someone hadn't told me, i wouln't even know the photo was of a girl. she looks very much like a boy in the photo which my guess is that may be what she was going for. i dunno. i've seen boys and girls around here a lot that seem to resmemble both genders more than some people think they should.

School stands by decision on photo
The Clarion Ledger
17 October 2009


http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091018/NEWS/910180361/School+stands+by+decision+on+photo


Ceara Sturgis, a senior at Wesson Attendance Center, said she does not understand why the Copiah County School District has taken such a hard stance against including her in the school's yearbook.

Sturgis, who is gay, had her senior portrait taken wearing a tuxedo, rather than the customary drape. Last month, her mother, Veronica Rodriguez, was informed by school officials her daughter's photo would not be included in the yearbook.

That's really  up.

What is this "Drape" that they refer to? Are all students 'required' to be photographed in it, or just the girls? If so, what do the boys wear?

I can see if the district/school requires a set 'look' for all students and she is trying to stand apart by wearing something that no one else in the book are allowed to wear, but if the boys are allowed to wear tux's and the girls are required to wear a "drape", or identical looking thing around their necks, then the issue should go beyond just the fact that she, being gay, wants to be seen more like a boy.

Also, is this a public school or private? I sounds to me like it is an overly strict system for any public school I've ever heard of. IMO

Deanna

Jeez! 

Jay

Absolutely unbelievable.  I checked with my local school district.  Mind you, this is not exactly a bastion of liberalism around here.  They would have included it no problem.

Kristi

I can understand it somehow. In case masculinity is enfored so must the feminity be too. In case ''boys'' must be boys then ''girls'' must be girls too.