Teen Student Claims She Was Forced to Withdraw Weeks Before Graduation After Bringing Transgender Date to Prom: Reports
Emily Wright's mom said she signed a form permitting the guest to be brought to the off-campus event, but said the only guideline listed was about age
In a letter to the school, Emily's parents told school officials this was not "a good example" of Christian valuesA Georgia high school student claims she was forced to change schools less than two weeks before graduation after school officials learned she brought a transgender date to prom.
Emily Wright says she was called to the principal's office at North Cobb Christian School, a private institution, 10 days after she attended the off-campus prom, according to FOX affiliate WAGA-TV.
School officials had learned that Emily had brought a transgender boy to the off-campus event as her date, CBS affiliates WRDW and WANF reported.
Emily told WAGA-TV that she was questioned about her prom date during the meeting. Her mom, Tricia Wright, claimed the school's principal later informed her that they planned to expel her daughter.
Tricia claimed she signed a form permitting her daughter to bring a guest, but said the only guideline listed on the form referred to the guest's age.
North Cobb Christian School has not responded to PEOPLE's request for comment.
"I cried very hard,' Emily recalled. 'I was just thinking that my entire future was in jeopardy.'
Emily says she was later forced to withdraw from the school, according to WRDW and WANF.
Tricia said the school's prom guidelines did not specifically state that LGBTQ+ individuals were barred from attending school events.
In a letter to the school, Emily's parents said the alleged 'discriminatory decision' was 'not reflective of the Christian values you claim to uphold.'
They added, 'The school chose to kick out a senior student just four weeks before graduation simply because Emily was being inclusive and kind.'
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Emily has since enrolled in a public school. Her mom told WAGA-TV this was a bad example of how to be Christian.
"That's not, in my opinion, a good example — to not be kind, not be loving, not be accepting, to be exclusive instead of inclusive," Tricia said.
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