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Global News
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Global News
Hundreds sign petition in support of N.B. teen suspended for ‘straight pride' shirt
A rural New Brunswick school is the centre of a petition calling for steps to remove its principal, claiming among other things that a student was allegedly suspended for wearing a shirt that said, 'straight pride.' The three-page petition racked up 390 signatures before being presented to the legislature on Monday. According to the petition, the student at Belleisle Regional High School was told his shirt was a hate crime, and that he could not return to school for five school days. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The petition is calling the response discrimination. 'Whereas disciplinary action appears to have been based solely on the content of the message on the shirt, raising concerns of viewpoint discrimination and the unequal application of school policies,' the petition said. 'If the punishment is linked to the student's identity or beliefs, and if others with different identities or beliefs are treated more favourably, this is discrimination under the New Brunswick Human Rights Act, Equality rights,' it added. Story continues below advertisement Among the signatories were three Progressive Conservative MLAs, including former education minister Bill Hogan. The district is disputing the claims. A spokesperson for the Anglophone School District South said in a statement that the petition included many false assertions, including that anyone was suspended for a hate crime. To learn more about the district's response, what the province's PC leader has to say about the signatures and what one LGBTQ+ advocate has to say about 'straight pride' watch the video above.
CBC
28-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Parents, school district at odds over ‘straight pride' shirt
Parents have launched a petition calling for the principal of Belleisle Regional High School to be replaced after a student who wore a 'straight pride' shirt during Pride Week was suspended.
