Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian

A student named Briana Popour was suspended in September for wearing a shirt that read "Nobody Knows I'm a Lesbian". That's hysterical, right?! Well school officials didn't think so, pulling her out of class telling her that her shirt was "too disruptive." The official then told her she had the option to change her shirt, or to go home. So Popour chose to go home because, "I wasn't going to allow him to tell me I can't wear a shirt that shows who I am." You go girl! I completely agree with you, because guess what?

I have the same shirt!! And I know that if I was ever told to change out of it, I would react exactly the same way you did! 

Briana Popour is not the first student to be pulled out of class for wearing a shirt that was "too gay." 

• An Alabama student was told in 2011 she couldn’t wear her “gay? fine by me” t-shirt because officials were “concerned for her safety.” The school later backed down and admitted that the shirt “has not caused a substantial disruption and the student will be allowed to wear it.”
• A few months later, another Alabama school official told a student to take off a sweatshirt that read, “Warning, This Individual Infected With ‘The Gay,’ Proceed With Caution,” similarly claiming it was “disruptive.” The same administrator had previously blocked the students from attending prom as part of a same-sex couple.
• In 2012, an Ohio student successfully sued his school for the right to wear a shirt that read, “Jesus Is Not A Homophobe.” He was also awarded $20,000 in damages, costs, and attorney’s fees.
• Later that year, another Ohio school forced many students to change shirts that were supportive of LGBT rights. It started when two students celebrated “Twin Day” by wearing shirts that read “Lesbian 1” and “Lesbian 2.” After their shirts were censored, a group of students responded with shirts that read “I Support… [Rainbow] Express Yourself” and “Straight but Supportive,” and they too were forced to remove their shirts for being too “political.”

This is absolute insanity!! These shirts are not promoting anything like drugs, or violence. They are simply allowing students to express themselves, and be proud of who they are in a world where they are constantly being torn down by those who think they are better. So if a student has the guts to put themselves out there, and where a shirt like that, who are you to take that away from them? 

To read more about it, click on the link below:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/16/3702000/nobody-knows-lesbian-shirt/