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This gay student is fighting back after being told he can’t bring a boy to his homecoming dance
All Lance Sanderson wants to do is dance with a guy at homecoming, but officials at his all-boys Catholic prep school in Memphis, Tennessee are refusing it due to ‘logistical’ reasons.
The 18-year-old gay student, a senior at Christian Brothers High School, wants to take a boy from another school to an event tomorrow (26 September).
According to school policy, students ‘may attend the dance by themselves, with other CBHS students or with a girl from another school’. Boys from other schools cannot attend ‘for logistical reasons’.
Sanderson had spoken to an official last year to make sure it was ok, and was told the school wouldn’t discriminate. But when that official left, he has been facing ‘harsh opposition’ from the school.
‘I was given several examples of statistics like they said gay couples have higher divorce rates, and that they’re violent; just different things that didn’t make sense, and I’ve come to find aren’t true,’ Sanderson told WHBQ-TV.
‘They said specifically as a Catholic school, they couldn’t support that… and that they struggled with the idea of me taking a guy to homecoming or prom.’
The school has issued a statement, claiming the reason why they do not accept boys from other schools is because it could cause ‘problems’.
They will stand by the policy and insist homophobia is not tolerated at the school.
But Sanderson is fighting back, urging the school to rethink its policy. He launched a Change.org petition to fight for the right to attend prom and homecoming with who he chooses.
So far, nearly 11,000 people have signed the petition.
‘I just want to bring a date of my choice to homecoming like the rest of my friends and classmates,’ Sanderson added. ‘I’m not asking for special treatment. I’m just asking for respect, and the chance to make my last homecoming a truly memorable experience.’
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