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Gays Can't Do Abstinence?
January 4, 2007 |
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It's already pretty well established that abstinence-only education discriminates against gay and lesbian students, but this takes the cake.
A Florida high school has refused to allow a student to establish a Gay-Straight Alliance as an after-school club. After being called out on their bullshit reason that the school doesn't allow any clubs (it does), Okeechobee High School is now claiming that there can't be a queer club because the school has an abstinence-only policy.
Eh? Apparently only hetero teens can abstain.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the school on the student's behalf.
Jessica Valenti is the executive editor of Feministing.
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