Chesnee High School (South Carolina) student Briana Popour was told to either change her shirt … or go home.
Popour’s shirt read “NOBODY KNOWS I’M A LESBIAN.” Just like that — in big, white capital letters.
Briana said that she had worn the shirt to school before and no one had complained. She also pointed out to administrators that the school dress code doesn’t forbid messages about sexual orientation on clothing.
“When I said something to him about the handbook, he said “well, not everything is in the handbook,” said Popour.
“He” is a high ranking administrator with Chesnee High. This week, we reached out to him, the school and the school district superintendent hoping to get some questions answered.
They didn’t call us back, but the district sent us an email saying the shirt was “offensive and distracting” with links to the dress code policy. It says, “Clothing deemed distracting, revealing, overly suggestive or otherwise disruptive will not be permitted.”
Briana’s mother, Barbara Popour, wants to know why her daughter’s shirt is considered offensive and who makes that call. That’s what she said she asked that administrator when she went to pick up her daughter last week.
“He does not like people in his school wearing anything that says anything about lesbians, gays, or bisexuals,” said Popour.
Unfortunately for Mrs. Popour, the United States Supreme Court has granted K-12 officials a lot of leeway in determining what is “disruptive” to their schools’ educational environment.
Heck, if students aren’t allowed to wear shirts with American flags on them due to fear of a school disruption, the Popours may have a big uphill battle should they decide to sue.
h/t to EAG News
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