Schools occasionally attempt to silence student speech related to LGBTQ issues by claiming that such speech is inappropriately “sexual” for young people, or by claiming that such speech contravenes a school’s abstinence-only curriculum.

There is nothing “sexual” about discussing inclusion and respect; nor is there anything “sexual” about opposing harassment, discrimination and violence. In 2008 and 2009, three federal courts flatly rejected claims that LGBTQ-supportive student expression could be restricted because it was inappropriately sexual or interfered with an abstinence-only curriculum.

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