said, was told to turn the shirt inside out or go home and change. The shirt bore a pink triangle and the words 'Make a Difference!' 20 for wearing a T-shirt that he said came from the Gay-Straight Alliance at a school he previously attended, in Fayetteville, Ark. The suit charges that the school violated the youth's constitutional right to free expression.īy the account of the civil liberties union, the student, Brad Mathewson, a 16-year-old junior, was sent to the principal's office at Webb City High School on Oct. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit yesterday against a Missouri high school that twice admonished a gay student for wearing T-shirts bearing gay pride messages.
