Students and teachers at a high-school in California’s Inland Empire have submitted a number of complaints of antigay harassment to the Perris Union High School District, including allegations a teacher called a lesbian student a “sinner.”
According to the allegations, a teacher at Paloma Valley High School in Menifee, Calif. wrote an “S” on a student’s hand and called her a sinner.
Among the other complains, a student group claims it was barred from doing an activity on honor of gay and lesbian history month, and gay senior Andrew Braham (pictured) says he was unfairly disciplined after a dispute with a classmate he claims was harassing him.
Teachers and students took the complaints to school administrators, the school district, and the American Civil Liberties Union.
A spokeswoman for the disrtic says they take the complaints “very, very seriously” and the school has held anti bullying assemblies and a Peer Leadership Uniting Students program, which encourages students to intervene if they see harassment or bullying.
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