Trans girl misses Mississippi graduation after being told to dress like boy

(AP) — A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision, an attorney for the girl’s family said Saturday. — would skip the Saturday ceremony for Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Jackson. The student “has met the qualifications to receive a diploma,“ according to Wynn Clark, attorney for the Harrison County School District. King told L.B.’s mother that the teenager could not participate in the graduation ceremony unless L.B. Clark wrote in court papers Friday that taking part in a graduation ceremony is voluntary and not a constitutionally protected right for any student.