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ACLU says verdict of federal judge not to reverse decision in Gulfport, Mississippi is ‘as disappointing as it is absurd’
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ACLU says verdict of federal judge not to reverse decision in Gulfport, Mississippi is ‘as disappointing as it is absurd’
"It felt like I had worked so hard to get to this moment, and now I can't enjoy it,' she said after Judge Taylor McNeel issued the ruling.
A 17-year-old transgender girl from Mississippi will skip her high school graduation after school administrators demanded she dresses like a boy for the ceremony — and a federal judge refused to block the order.
The school's attorney argued that the right to attend graduation is not found in the Constitution.
The Mississippi 17-year-old is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials' decision.