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L O U IS IA N A
fter a 7-year-old boy was scold
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sent to a behavioral clinic for
answering another child’s questions
about his leshian mothers, the
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A m erican Civil Liberties U nion
demanded l\;c . 1 that the school
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expunge his disciplinary records and
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stop restricting him from talking
about his family with other students.
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assistant principal called and told
me my son had said a word so had
that he didn’t want to repeat it over
the phone," said Sharon H uff the
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second-grader’s mother. “But that
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home and told me that his teacher
had told him his family is a dirty
word. N o child should ever hear
that, especially not from a teacher
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Marcus McLaurin was waiting in
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Gallet Elementary School when a
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mother and father. He responded
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W hen the other child asked
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why, McLaurin said it was because
his m other is gay. T he other child
then asked what that meant, and A 7-year-old boy had to fill out this student behavior
he explained, “Gay is when a girl contract form for talking about his lesbian moms
likes another girl.”
ARIZONA
U pon hearing this, M cLaurin’s teacher
he Undergraduate Student Governm ent
scolded him in front of his classmates, telling
him that “gay” is a had word and that he should
!S enate at Arizona State University passed
never say it at schixrl, then sent him to the prin two hills Nov. 18 in support of queer issues on
campus. The resolutions call for a certificate to
cipal’s office instead of letting him go to recess.
The following week the schix>l required him to
he issued for gay and lesbian studies and for
attend a special behavioral clinic at 6:45 a.m.,
“gender identity and expression” to he included
where he was forced to repeatedly write “1 will
in the schcxd’s nondiscrimination policy,
never use the word ‘gay’ in sch(x>l again.”
Senators argued that the certificate program,
which was proposed by a faculty group, “would
in y o m in g
enrich the ASU community by increasing student
fter two girls were marched out of a home-
knowledge about gay and lesbian issues.” In addi-
tion, it would “teach students to...be understand
coming dance by police, the American
ing of the gay and leshian community” and “help
Civil Liberties U nion sent a letter to schixtl offi
inform other students and members of the com
cials Nov. 20 demanding that they allow same-
munity in order to spread this understanding.”
sex couples to attend the functions.
The hills come after a recent increase in
“I couldn’t believe that our schtx>l was so
harassment, graffiti and verbal abuse expressed
threatened by the idea of two girls going to the
homecoming together that they had police offi to the queer community at ASU. The next step
is for the resolutions to be
cers waiting for us," said Amanda Blair, a senior at
Big Piney High in niral western Wyoming. “It’s presented to administrators
really sad that this is the kind of attitude that les- tor approval,
hian and gay students at my sch<x)l will face when
“We appreciate that the
they want to bring a date to a schcxil dance.”
USG Senate has taken these
Blair, an honor student who participates in steps to help make this cam
swimming, hand, basketball, track and choir,
pus more inclusive," said Sam
Holdren, facilitator for the
had listed a female friend as her homecoming
date when she signed up for the Sept. 12 dance.
LGBTQ Coalition at ASU. Sam Holdren
“Now that we have the sup
Schtxtl officials told her that same-sex dates
port of the undergraduate student kxiy, the
aren’t allowed at dances.
administration must follow through and address
Blair is heterosexual, hut she and her friend
the needs of the leshian, gay, bisexual, transgen
decided to attend together in order to help gay
der
and queer community on campus."
and lesbian students in her district who might
want to bring dates to schixtl dances in the future.
CALIFORNIA
W hen she and her date arrived the next evening
n eighth-grader in Banning has resolved a
they were met by police officers, who then escort
lawsuit filed after she was forced to sit in
ed them off the premises without any explanation.
The ACLU is demanding that the illegal pol- the principal’s office during physical education
icy he lifted, citing a 1980 Rhode Island case in class because her gym teacher heard she was a
which a federal judge mled that students who leshian, the N ational C enter for Leshian Rights
want to bring same-sex dates to dances are not announced Nov. 20.
only protected under the free expression provi-
Ashly Massey registered the complaint against
sions of the First Amendment hut that schtxils the Banning Unified S c F kx >1 District and four of its
must take steps to ensure their safety. In the 25 employees Dec. 20. 2002, in federal court in River-
years since Fricke vs. Lynch was decided, students side. Attorneys alleged that the sch<x>l’s actions
thnxightxit the United States have brought same- violated her constitutional right to equal protec -
sex dates to sch<x>! dances without incident.
tion and her rights under the Student Safety and
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