You Have the Right To Form Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) or Gender & Sexuality Alliances You also have the right to wear clothes that match your gender identity.
#WEARING A GAY PRIDE SHIRT IN PUBLIC CODE#
If your school’s dress code allows students to wear T-shirts with slogans, it is unlawful for your school to ask you to take off your shirt just because it endorses gay pride. For example, you can wear a T-shirt or accessory expressing your pride or support for LGBTQ people, but you may not be allowed to wear something with a curse word on it.
School officials can restrict your freedom of expression only in certain circumstances. The First Amendment allows students to express themselves at school. Know Your Rights Regarding School Dress Codes If you tell someone in charge, but they don’t do anything, contact us. Keep a journal that includes details of what happened, when it happened, who said what to whom, whether you told anyone, and whether the school did anything to make it stop. If anyone, even a teacher, is harassing you at school, the most important thing you can do is tell someone in charge-like your principal, vice principal, or superintendent. Bullying, Harassment, & Discrimination Are Unlawful Laws or policies portraying LGBTQ people negatively, such as in a health class, may also be subject to challenge. Laws that prohibit teachers from discussing sexual orientations other than heterosexual may be susceptible to legal challenge. “Don’t Say Gay” or “No Promo Homo” Laws Are Invalid
No student or teacher has the right to harass you on the basis of your sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression just because they hold certain religious views.
#WEARING A GAY PRIDE SHIRT IN PUBLIC FREE#
You have the right to be free from discrimination and harassment regardless of the religious views of your peers, teachers, or community. Right To Be Free from Religious-based Discrimination You have the right to use the restroom and locker room that match your gender identity. You also have the right to play on the sports team that matches your gender identity. You have the right to be called by the gender pronouns that you specify. If you have to wear a drape or tuxedo for your senior portrait, you have the right to wear whichever matches your gender identity. No matter what sex you were assigned at birth, you have the right to cut your hair and wear your clothes in a way that matches your gender identity. You have the right to express your gender, and it is unlawful for your peers or teachers to harass or treat you differently because of your gender. Rights of Transgender, Genderqueer, & Gender-Nonconforming Students If your rights are being violated by teachers, principals, or other students, please contact the Southern Poverty Law Center. You have rights as a student in public school.