A lesbian high school student is taking a stand and speaking out against the homophobic bullying she says she endured on a daily basis from the staff at her school. Destin Holmes said her principal called her "a pathetic fool" and said he did not "want a d*ke in this school." One teacher also allegedly forced her to use the boys' bathroom and another refused to let her participate in a boys vs. girls quiz game, forcing her, instead, to sit in the middle of the room.
"I actually cried during that class," Holmes told The Huffington Post. "And what was running through my head was, 'Why would a professional teacher say that to a student. Why?' I'm still human. I'm not an alien."
"Destin was discriminated against from the moment she entered the Moss Point school district in 2011," said Anjali Nair, a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center. "These district officials that are supposed to be protecting the children are not only ignoring the claims, but they are blaming the students for the behavior and they are participating in the discrimination as well."
Holmes said her grades suffered because it was hard to concentrate when people were calling her "a freak, and a d*ke and a lesbian." Her family chose to homeschool her but it proved to be too expensive and she missed her friends.
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for Holmes and her family. She hopes it will change the school's purported anti-gay environment that left her depressed, lonely and hopeless.
Check out Destin Holmes' experience with being bullied at her high school in the video above.
Source: Huffington Post
