From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/gender/sick-teachers-and-students-called-16-year-old-girl-freak-alien-and-he-she
She claims that when she went to the principal to complain about the harassment, the principal allegedly replied, “I don’t want a dyke in this school.”
By Alyssa Figueroa
March 22, 2013
Within the first three days of enrolling in Magnolia Junior High School in Mississippi, Destin Holmes, a 16-year-old lesbian, said that teachers called her a “he” instead of “she” which Holmes requested.
But that was just the beginning.
The bullying ensued with students and teachers referring to Holmes as an “it,” “queer,” “freak,” “alien,” “dyke,” and “he-she.” Holmes was also denied access to the girls’ bathroom.
In one of the most shocking incidents, Holmes’ teacher degraded her in front of the entire class when she divided it up into boys vs. girls for a trivia game, but left Holmes in the middle.
“She told me since she didn’t know what I was, I should be on a team of my own,” Holmes said at a Southern Poverty Law Center press conference on Thursday.
Holmes said that when she went to the principal to complain about the harassment, the principal allegedly replied, “I don’t want a dyke in this school.”
Ultimately, Holmes left the junior high after one semester last year and is now being home-schooled.
“I loved being with friends and going to school before I was being bullied,” she said at the conference.
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