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Little Monsters Unite! Lady Gay Gay Shirt Wins the Day!

Suzanne Ito,
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April 19, 2010

If you're like my colleague Mandy, and you follow , you might've seen this tweet on April 7:

Been in the studio for days and hours of record after record, and when I hear that a little monster was discriminated against* BY TEACHERS

It turns out that Lady Gaga herself was speaking out against the censoring of a gay high school freshman in Tennessee, who was sent home on April 5 for wearing a T-shirt that said "I [love] Lady Gay Gay."

The student, Cole Goforth, and his mother Julie Gordon contacted the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Tennessee and Lambda Legal after he was sent home. School officials told him that wearing a pro-gay T-shirt was "disruptive" and that he "had brought [harassment] on himself by coming out."

The school, in negotiations with the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Tennessee and Lambda Legal, has . The school will also provide training on its anti-bullying policy to staff and students to ensure that it is clear that harassment of any student, regardless of sexual orientation, is not acceptable.

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