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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Woodward

Trans teen misses high school graduation after judge rejects plea

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A transgender high school student in Gulfport, Mississippi did not join her classmates at her graduation ceremony on Saturday after a federal judge allowed her school to force her to wear “what the boys are wearing” to the event.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi said in a statement that the court’s decision to “uphold the school district’s explicit discrimination of our client is deeply disappointing and concerning”.

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