School Cancels Cosmetology to Stop Gay Students from Joining

[William769]

A cosmetology program for adults at a Texas technical school is canceled, according to The Examiner of Southeast Texas, because it's illegal to bar an applicant for his sexual orientation.

Instructor Cequada Clark of the Taylor Career Center, told the newspaper that the school's principal, Thomas Amons, had said he'd rather shut down the program than have "flamboyantly gay guys" included.

Southeast Texas' The Examiner reports that Kwmane Gray, 22, arrived at class and when the principal realized it, he consulted with lawyers about how to keep him out. The lawyers for the Beaumont Independent School District reportedly advised that it's illegal to ban an individual student just for being gay, so instead the principal shuttered the entire program, which had been running since 2009.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/2012/09/13/school-cancels-cosmetology-program-stop-gay-students-joining

Just when I thought I had seen it all when it comes to discrimination against our community, someone shows up to prove me wrong.

[Marrah_G]

1. ......

[Laurajr]

2. Too bad so many small minded people

[ashling]

3. Sounds like when they closed the

public swimming pools in Jackson, MS in 1963 rather than let Blacks swim there

[MNBrewer]

4. There's gonna be some UGLY people in Texas... and not just on the inside.

[joeybee12]

5. If they can prove the intent to cancel the class was because of bias...

Someone probably could sue that POS principal.

[pinto]

6. Yeah. Seems the primary intent was to bar Mr. Gray. This was a means to that end.

Good catch.

[MNBrewer]

8. If it's a business, and not a state entity, I doubt the suit would be successful.

I'm pretty sure TX allows discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

[bullwinkle428]

7. Cue the assholes who love to claim that GLBTers don't actually face "legitimate" discrimination.

Yes, I was very careful in my choice of that word!

[MNBrewer]

9. One needs to be, I guess

lest we incite another purge.