PageOneQ just posted about a principal in Memphis, Tennessee who maliciously outed at least one same-gender couple to their parents, classmates and teachers:

According to Nicholas' mother Nichole, the principal said that she didn't tolerate homosexuality in the school and repeatedly asked if she knew her son was gay. The honor student underwent further humiliation, in addition to verbal harassment, when taken out of the running for a class trip to New Orleans related to rebuilding efforts, as a risk to the school's image; Nicholas was told that there were fears he'd embarrass the school by engaging in "inappropriate behavior."

"This school has no business singling these boys out and taking away educational opportunities against them simply because they were dating," added [attorney] Mr. Kramer.

There are broader questions here about sexual freedom as a human right (should a principal really spend so much time cracking down on public displays of affection?) as well as potential — not enough detail here to know for sure — connections to the broader trends of disproportionate policing of young people, same-gender couples and people of color (were straight couples also removed from the school trip to New Orleans for fear they'd “embarrass the school”?).

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