From the Facebook page of high school senior Dalton Maldonado.
Earlier today, after receiving many good wishes and lots of support from all over the country, I received a call from the superintendent of schools. He told me that I was in the annual fifteen times, and that they may have over looked my senior basketball picture.
He went on to say that they were going to make a new annual and he hoped I knew they were so proud of me.
However, here is the picture that should have been in the yearbook, along with the rest of the senior basketball players!
They took Outsports’ first article about my experience and swept it under the rug, as if the harassment and humiliation never happened!
I refuse to let this happen again! I was a senior point guard who had played for three years, and I was even in the center of the team picture. I don't care if I was in other parts 100 times, my individual picture wasn't in there!
I find it unbelievable that their “investigation” took less than one whole school day and once again they're just letting it go!
I will not stop fighting this. No one deserves this, and I'll make sure no other LGBT teen in Floyd Co has to face this type of discrimination!
Maldonado was the starting point guard for his high school basketball team. After he came out as gay, the school left his picture out of a two-page spread in the year book.
The school claims it was an oversight.
Riiiiiiiiight...
Good for Dalton for standing up for himself.
Read more at Outsports.
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