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Making Hazelwood Age-Appropriate: How Viewpoint Neutrality And Recontextualizing The Age-Appropriate Standard Might Save School-Sponsored Lgbt Speech, Rebecca Girardin Oct 2022

Making Hazelwood Age-Appropriate: How Viewpoint Neutrality And Recontextualizing The Age-Appropriate Standard Might Save School-Sponsored Lgbt Speech, Rebecca Girardin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Younger people are identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (henceforth “LGBT”) more than any previous generation. Likewise, there has been a proliferation of free-speech litigation involving student speech that discusses LGBT issues. Beyond just LGBT speech in school, there has been a recent resurgence in the discussion around the relationship between parents, students, school administrators, and school boards when it comes to regulating school-sponsored speech.

Besides the growing number of students identifying as LGBT, protecting LGBT speech in school is of particular importance because the manner in which a school deals with LGBT speech directly influences the mental health …