A Mississippi federal judge denied a motion Friday, filed by the family of a transgender high school student requesting she be allowed to wear a dress and heels under her robe at her Gulfport high school graduation,The 17-year-old, identified in court documents by her initials "L.B.," will not attend her graduation, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi.
"Our client is being shamed and humiliated for explicitly discriminatory reasons, and her family is being denied a once-in-a-lifetime milestone in their daughter's life," ACLU spokesperson Gillian Branstetter told CNN in an email. "No one should be forced to miss their graduation simply because of who they are."
A commencement participation agreement is included within the court documents. It shows L.B. and her mother signed the document on March 14, 2023, agreeing to follow conditions required for participating in the graduation ceremony, the court documents show. Mitchell King, the superintendent of Harrison County School District, testified in court documents the district relies on birth certificates to record whether students are male or female.
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