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Missouri school apologizes for censoring gay teens' yearbook quotes [View all]
A school district outside Kansas City censored lighthearted quotes by two openly gay students in their senior yearbook. The district later apologized. Photo courtesy Human Rights Campaign-Kansas City via Facebook
Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Missouri school district said administrators censored lighthearted yearbook quotes by a pair of gay students celebrating their sexual orientation because they could have "offended" other students.
The students, Joey Slivinski and Thomas Swartz, each selected quotes expressing their sexual orientation to appear beneath their senior portraits.
The quote Slivinski submitted read: "Of course I dress well, I didn't spend all that time in the closet for nothing."
Swartz's quote was: "If Harry Potter taught us anything, it's that no one deserves to live in the closet."
Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/19/Missouri-school-apologizes-for-censoring-gay-teens-yearbook-quotes/9891503184761/
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