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Jackson, Miss.

Lesbian teen challenges school: Local educators are facing a potential lawsuit for refusing to publish a lesbian high school student’s graduation photo. Ceara Sturgis, an openly gay honors student at Wesson Attendance Center, wore a tuxedo for her graduation picture. But school officials told Sturgis they wouldn’t publish her photo in the yearbook because only boys are permitted to wear tuxedos. The ACLU threatened legal action on Sturgis’ behalf if Principal Ronald Greer fails to reverse the decision. “I feel I’m not important, that the school is dismissing who I am,” said Sturgis. “All I want is to be me.”

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