Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Student Wearing ‘Only Two Genders’ Shirt

Such bans are up to school officials, not judges, court rules.

Liam Morrison, the student who was banned from wearing a "two genders" t-shirt to school, in a file image. Courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom

A U.S. appeals court on June 9 upheld a ban preventing a Massachusetts middle school student from wearing a shirt reading “There are only two genders.”

Another prohibition by school administrators, this time blocking the same student from wearing the shirt with “only two” covered by tape, on which was written “censored,” is also allowed under court precedent, according to the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.