a nod to kari sewell
i’m going to make this into an inspirational story, because one of the players stood up and took a hit.
so, thank you, kari sewell.
Lesbian’s Picture in Tux Cut From Yearbook [ap via seattle post intelligencer, feb 26, 2005]County school officials are backing a principal’s decision to bar a picture of a lesbian student dressed in a tuxedo from the high school yearbook.
now, i don’t feel like digging up an old yearbook, but i’m sure there have been women in tuxedos since the invention of the tuxedo. so maybe the county’s beef is that this young woman happens to be a lesbian? i dunno. this has shades of a local story. besides, i seem to remember the women in some school groups (things like band and rotc) being required to wear the same thing as the men.
no matter. i’m not writing this to go down the litany of stupid policies, i’m here to credit a teenager with courage.
Lesbian’s Picture in Tux Cut From Yearbook [ap via seattle post intelligencer, feb 26, 2005]The student editor of the yearbook, Keri Sewell, was fired after refusing her adviser’s order to take the picture out.
update (2005.03.02): it’s been picked up by usa today and metafilter. let the outrage spread.
update (2005.03.29): looks like the wire story might’ve spelled her name wrong… kari sewell? your name’s been corrected in my space. thanks for dropping by…
the ap story at spi seems to have expired, so here’s another version, this time from the student press law center, and hopefully more permanent.