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Middleborough, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A Middleborough middle schooler spoke out after he said he was sent home from school for wearing a "controversial" t-shirt.
12-year-old Liam Morrison said he was pulled aside in gym class and sent home from school for wearing a t-shirt that read "There are only two genders."
Morrison spoke at a Middleborough School Committee meeting to address the incident.
"What does my shirt say? There are only two genders. Nothing harmful, nothing threatening, just a statement I believe to be a fact," said Morrison.
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He said that teachers told him that his shirt made other students feel "unsafe."
Morrison said that the 1st amendment gives him the right to wear the shirt.
"I have been told that my shirt was targeting a protected class. Who is this protected class? Are their feelings more important than my rights?"
Middleborough Superintendent Carolyn Lyons spoke at the meeting and said debates among adults are now unfairly being brought into the classroom. She said as a community they have failed to model what a productive conversation looks like for their children.
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