High School Kicks Out Gay Teen

As reported by Change.org, The Master’s School — a Christian high school in West Simsbury, Connecticut — has a motto, “Veritas Vos Liberabit,” which translates into “the truth shall set you free.” But when a 17-year-old girl told the truth about being a lesbian, she was forced to leave the school.

The girl in question (we’ll call her “R.”) was a model student at Master’s: she got great grades, played sports and participated in other extracurricular activities. But then R. went on a school field trip where a bunch of girls pretended to be married to one another — no big deal, just a joke. But the Master’s School administration didn’t find it funny.

When the girls returned home, the administration questioned them one by one: Are you gay? All of the girls said they weren’t. Except for R., who revealed the secret only her friends knew. The administration responded by telling R. that if she didn’t withdraw from school, she’d be expelled.

Greg Plotkin lives near the Master’s School, and he was outraged when he read R. had been kicked out. Greg started a petition on Change.org asking the Master’s School to adopt a non-discrimination policy for LGBT students. Please sign his petition today.

One of R.’s coaches at Master’s, Heather Lodovico, says of R., “She’s a fantastic kid.” Coach Lodovico was shocked when she found out R. had been expelled: “I never saw anything about Master’s that would lead me to believe they would do something like this. One of the things they pride themselves on is they let kids be unique and express themselves.”

Master’s purports to be a school that strives to include kids from all walks of life and help them achieve their potential. While R. is happy at her new school, the Master’s School’s administrators need to understand that discrimination against LGBT students creates a divisive and unsafe school environment.

When Master’s administrators see that thousands of people care deeply about the well-being of the school’s kids, they’ll be pushed to stop discriminating against LGBT students. Please sign Greg Plotkin’s petition to ask the Master’s School to adopt a non-discrimination policy for LGBT students: http://www.change.org/petitions/the-masters-school-stop-kicking-out-gay-and-lesbian-students .

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