OC Register: Judge: Gay student may sue principal

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Friday, December 2, 2005

Judge: Gay student may sue principal

Santiago High teen allowed to pursue case against district after official told her mom about her sexual orientation.

By FERMIN LEAL
The Orange County Register

A Santiago High student has a right to sue her principal and the Garden Grove Unified School District after the principal revealed to the student's mother that her daughter was gay, a judge has ruled.

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Nguon, 17, alleged in the suit that Principal Ben Wolf violated her right to privacy by telling her mother about her sexuality during a parent meeting last school year. At the time, Nguon's mother was unaware that her daughter was gay.

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District officials have declined to comment on the suit. But in court documents, attorneys claimed Nguon lost her right to privacy because she was openly gay on campus.

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Nguon, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, also claimed that she was suspended several times and forced to temporarily transfer because she ignored orders by Wolf to stop hugging and kissing her girlfriend. Meanwhile, heterosexual couples who kissed went unpunished, she said.

http://ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_869825.php

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1. this could have interesting consequences re: privacy

and minors.

this will be interesting -- i'm waiting to see if the school will appeal and take this on to a higher court.