Gay Teen Suspended From Catholic School After Not Attending Dance

The teenager claims that he was told by an official at the school a year ago that he would be allowed to bring a male date as the school “doesn’t discriminate”.

According to a letter from student Lance Sanderson to the CBHS administration, Sanderson spoke with a teacher at 7:30 a.m. when an administrator pulled him out of the room and told him to go home for the week.

One gay Christian Brothers High School alumnus is speaking out about the school’s handling of its recent controversy with Lance Sanderson, and his response may not be what you’d expect.

Despite the news coverage, petitions, and his popularity, the school wouldn’t budge.

‘And now my school is making daily announcements across the whole school, saying that students can’t bring same-sex dates from other schools. Tomorrow at CBHS, I was going to meet with admissions representatives from around the country (they do not visit often).

Lance Sanderson missed out on his last homecoming dance this past weekend after he was prohibited from bringing a male student from other school as his date. “I saw something that I felt like was discrimination, and I voiced my opinion on it”, Sanderson told Refinery29. “I feel like it’s a lot of ignorance and just a lack of understanding on their part, and the people that do support me-I think they’ve really invested time and kind of thought about the issues”.

I am disappointed that I am unable to sit in class today.

Sanderson did send a letter to his school documenting today’s events, wherein he recounts being “told that the administration “had 890 other students to worry about” and could not deal with me”.

“I know that the principle players involved are not taking a few dogmatic approach where the answer is no and that’s that”, Halford told FOX13.

Sanderson attended the MidSouth Pride Parade on Saturday but said he did not go to the dance. I had hoped that today would be one for positive conversation going forward. Whether or not Sanderson will be welcomed back to CBHS late next week (after fall break) has yet to be seen. He hopes that action from administration will help increase the inclusivity of the school and combat homophobia.