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She was also pictured several times in other sections of the yearbook, in soccer-team photographs, National Honor Society and other sections. A photograph her mother took of her in her tuxedo appears on a page purchased by her family. Still, Rodriguez said she expected her daughter to at least be named on the senior page, perhaps with a "photo unavailable" box. What she discovered on Friday, when the yearbook came in, was that the school had refused to acknowledge her entirely on the senior pages. They've got kids in the book that have been busted for drugs.

There's even a picture of one of the seniors who dropped out of school," Rodriguez said. Ceara is a top student. Why would they do this to her?

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Copiah County School District spokeswoman Martha Traxler refused to comment on the school's reason for excluding Sturgis from the senior page, and referred all questions to Copiah County attorney Olen Bryant Jr. Bryant did not immediately return calls. Last year, the school gave no indication that it would withhold Sturgis' information, but said it had legal justification to not run Sturgis' photo. The decisions of the federal courts completely support the policy of the district in this regard. It is the desire of the Copiah County School District to inform, first, the patrons of the district, and second, all other interested parties, that its position is not arbitrary, capricious or unlawful, but is based upon sound educational policy and legal precedent.

Bennett said the district referred to a settlement of Youngblood v. School Board of Hillsborough County, Fla. In that case, former Robinson High School principal Kevin McCarthy refused to alter the school's senior photo dress code that required female students to wear a scoop-necked drape, which ruled out the possibility of student Nicole Youngblood posing in a suit. Youngblood sued the Hillsborough County School Board that year, claiming the rule was discriminatory. The resulting settlement allowed seniors 14 days to appeal the dress code prior to photos.

ACLU attorneys maintain that the Youngblood case made no official reference to the student's sexuality, however. Shannon Minter, an attorney who represented Youngblood in the case, said Copiah had chosen a poor foundation upon which to build an argument, considering the school settled with the plaintiff. That's the only reason we dropped our appeal," Minter said. Any court of appeals in this country would likely find such policy to be unlawful now.

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The ACLU would not confirm if it planned any legal action on the school's decision at this time. Rodriguez said she expected the district to attempt to downplay her daughter's presence, but not to leave her out of the senior section altogether. She said officials' position runs counter to the more accepting opinions of Sturgis' classmates.

And it's not the students. The students love and accept her," Rodriguez said. Thanks to a watchful reader, the Jackson Free Press discovered today that reporter Adam Lynch originally misinterpreted Veronica Rodriguez's phone call about her daughter's yearbook. The above story originally reported that the yearbook contained no mention or photos of Sturgis or her accolades, but we confirmed from her mother today that she is pictured in sections other than the senior-portrait section.

We have edited the above story to reflect this fact, and added the above bolded paragraph based on our conversation with Sturgis' mother today. We have requested a copy of the yearbook, and will update this story further if needed once we receive it.

We apologize for the errors and thank the reader who pointed out the mischaracterization. Stuff like this just really pisses me off, especially since, if true, they put kids who've dropped out and kids who've been busted selling drugs in the yearbook but won't put one of the smartest kids in the school, in the yearbook - just because she wanted to wear a tuxedo in her picture. Well make sure you keep calling! When people do things like this, they are never available for comment.

They won't even give a "No comment! They run and hide when exposed for abiding by their moral code. They could at least come and say "We believe homosexuality is immoral and we don't want to condone it by publishing one its apostles in our school-sanctioned publication," which everyone knows is what they are thinking. They just run and hide! You're supposed to stand up for Jesus, not run in shame! You're hypocrites as well as cowards! The purpose of the yearbook is to commemorate your school experience, and is especially important for High School Seniors.

Speaking as a former yearbook editor, this is a deliberate injustice! Not only is this disrespectful to Ceara, but also to her classmates, and all other GLBT students, faculty, and staff in that school! Trust me, she is NOT alone! The editors, the sponsors, and everyone in higher authority at that school should be ashamed of their behavior. The bigotry displayed by these so-called adults towards this courageous young woman is unconscionable. My lesbian daughter was fully supported in her request to be photographed in a tux; she felt a drape gown and pearls was a misrepresentation.

She never misrepresented herself beforewhy should she be forced to then? She also attended her prom with her tux-wearing girlfriend--without incident. As a result, she had a happy end to her high school career, which she deserved, as do all children. We live in a suburban community north of San Francisco, so obviously that made a difference It's shameful that a school should endeavour to hurt any student in this way.

Disappearing a student? You've got to be kidding.

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Fortunately, they've been pretty ineffectual, thanks to the internet Ceara, you are awesome for standing up. It will be easier for other kids because of you. Paul, as the founder and editor of the Jackson Free Press, I can tell you that many Mississippians are NOT settling for being backward or regressive in any way. You wouldn't believe the progressive movement going on in this state right now -- which includes many progressive people of faith who are supportive of gay rights.

Of course, the national media do not tend to report those things about us, so the story doesn't get out. They blow it up when we do stupid things like in the recent gay teenager scandals , which is fine, but they seldom balance it by noticing our progress and the very real work on the ground here on racial reconciliation and other human-rights, social-justice issues. But that's OK. We will keep up the good fight, and this newspaper will keep bringing whatever needs to be brought to light, regardless of what any political party or special interest group thinks about it, and without regard to what a woefully un-diverse national media thinks about it.

That is not to be defensive; it is to tell you that you do not know the whole story about this state because no one is telling you. This is crazy, folks. It is also interesting that some of these same folks who aided in the decision to keep the young kid out of her yearbook are the same ones who will ignore the abuse of children. Why don't they help with the movement against the Pope who has hidden so much of the Church's sexual abusive history against young males and females?

This would seem like a better cause. Just thinking. The first is about discriminationthe latter merely petty. Girls are not required to wear dresses to school; even in schools where uniforms are required girls wear pants. So why is a girl required to wear a dress for a senior photo? Many girls including my own daughter are not comfortable in dresses, and never wear one, so to be forced to do something to fit what is basically a social construct really, what difference does it make or why is it anyone's business if a girl want's to dress in more masculine attire, or a boy in more feminine?

And while individuality may not be a focus in secondary education It takes an incredible amount of courage to go against the norma norm that is in place to demean, diminish and promote bigotry, prejudice, and intolerance. Remember when women wore "male" neckties and "male" tuxedos to include the satin strip up the side. I just called the Copiah School District to tell them that I am disgusted that they would treat a child in this manner. I ask that you do the same: Some female answered, listened for a few seconds and then slammed the phone down.

We need someone to try to interview those jokers. Thanks Justjess. Even if they are hanging up on people, they are getting the message. That's not the point sinkingship. They erased her entire experience and existence. It was not JUST the photo.

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What sort of message is this school and school district sending to our gay kids? Just look at Nathan Kolton's comment. THAT is the message those kids are getting from the adults who are there to educate them, not judge them. Mississippi is better than this. Along the same lines I was just forwarded this link I also just called the school directly at and spoke to a woman on the phone. She kindly listened to my assertion that it was disrespectful to erase her from the yearbook.

When I asked her if she understood the pain that would cause her and her family, she just said "no comment" and hung up. I do applaud her. But the fact that freedom of speech and expression may have certain consequences doesn't negate the fact that the school took discriminatory action against her, singled her out, and negated her high school existence based on an arbitrary, outdated "rule" that has no place in our current society.

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Not only that girls must wear dresses, but that they must not wear tuxes, or appear masculine or gender variant, or be gay A dress is only a dress if it's something you WANT to wear. Just because the "rules" exist, and existed when you or I graduated for me, that was '72, and we were allowed to wear our regular clothes doesn't make them right. I'd like to add, having 3 kids who are all young adults nowI've PAID for each and every one of those year books, and they are not cheap.

So why shouldn't I, or my child, have a say in how they are represented? No one has the right to determine what is important to another. And you and I can agree to disagree. But discrimination is discrimination.