Alabama school backs down over student’s gay rights t-shirt

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A school in the US state of Alabama has backed down after telling a student she could not wear a gay rights t-shirt.

Sara Couvillon, a student at Hoover High School in Birmingham, threatened school officials with legal action when she was told not to wear the shirt for her own safety.

The 15-year-old, assisted by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), argued that she had worn the ‘Gay? Fine by me’ t-shirt frequently and had never experienced harassment or threats.

The SPLC wrote to the school and the city’s education board to warn they could face a federal lawsuit. School administrators quickly backed down.
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