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Supreme Court declines to hear student’s bid to wear ‘two genders’ shirt to school
- The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a 2023 case in which a Massachusetts middle school student challenged the school's ban on wearing a T-shirt that stated "There are only two genders" at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough.
- The ban followed concerns that the shirt's message might disrupt classes and negatively affect transgender and other students, supporting school officials' enforcement of a dress code prohibiting hate speech.
- L.M., a seventh grader, refused to remove the shirt when asked by the principal, leading to his father picking him up and subsequently filing a lawsuit supported by Alliance Defending Freedom.
- Lower courts, including U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani and the 1st Circuit Court, ruled in favor of the school, finding that restrictions on student speech were justified under the 1969 Tinker precedent, which permits limitations when such speech causes substantial disruption.
- The Supreme Court's refusal leaves existing rulings intact amid ongoing debates about transgender rights and free speech in schools, with conservative justices dissenting and possible new rulings expected later this year.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-Shirt Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up the case of a student banned from wearing a t-shirt to school with the words, “There are only two genders.” When Liam Morrison was a 7th grade student at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Massachusetts, he decided to wear a t-shirt to school to support the biological fact that there are only two sexes – male and female. The school speaks a lot about “gender identity,” including by “prom…
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