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High school valedictorian defies anti-LGBTQ+ censorship By Betsey Piette posted on June 28, 2021 Wearing a graduation cap with rainbow colors and a militant fist, Bryce Dershem, valedictorian at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, N.J., began his June 17 commencement speech: “After I came out as queer freshman year, I felt so alone. I didn’t know who to turn to for support.” Voorhees is only 20 miles from Philadelphia, where there is a vibrant LGBTQ+ community. Bryce Dershem displays his graduation cap. A video by Dershem’s father captured what happened next: Principal Robert ...

Valedictorian shares his coming out story — even after principal tries to stop him The principal crumpled his speech up into a ball so he recited it from memory. By  Morgan Sung  on June 28, 2021 A high school valedictorian's speech was cut short when he began speaking about his experience as an LGBTQ teenager and his mental health struggles. Despite protest from his principal and pressure to stick to a pre-approved speech, he continued anyway. Bryce Dershem graduated from Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey, on June 17. The 18-year-old adorned his graduation robe wi...

Cherry Hill Courier-Post VOORHEES Eastern Regional High School's 2021 valedictorian was silenced briefly during commencement remarks about mental illness and his own experience as a queer-identifying teen surviving high school. Now, the Voorhees school district wants a federal agency to review whether it acted improperly in muting Bryce Dershem's microphone and allegedly crumpling the paper copy of his speech on the dias before 450 graduates and their families.  Eastern Regional Camden County High School District Superintendent Robert Cloutier told the Courier Post Monday he has directed ...

Principal cuts the mic when valedictorian gives speech about coming out By Alyssa Lukpat New York Times June 27, 2021 — 5:42pm Text size Copy shortlink: Less than a minute into Bryce Dershem's valedictorian speech June 17, the microphone cut out. He had just told the audience at his New Je...

'They didn’t want me to say that I was queer, because they said it would exclude people in the audience,' Bryce Dershem said