Current Events > Southern girl banned from school bus for being lesbian. Fires driver + principal

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A 14-year-old lesbian student in Kansas has succeeded in getting her school district to change its policies towards LGBTQ students after she refused to silently accept her bus drivers homophobic discrimination. The bus driver and the schools principal also lost their jobs after the student and her family filed a Title IX complaint among the many changes that came about because a lesbian teen stood up for herself.

Izzy Dieker was riding the bus home this past January 27 from North Lyon County Elementary School where she was in eighth grade. Other students were leaning out into the aisle and using profanity, but the bus driver, Kristi Gadino, didnt seem to care much about the language until Dieker said that shes a lesbian.

Thats when Gadino pulled over and wrote up Dieker for unacceptable language, being rude, and not switching seats when told. When the teen talked to Principal Corey Wiltz, he told her that it was inappropriate to use the word lesbian near young students and she was suspended from riding the bus.

Her family filed a Title IX complaint and an investigation found that there was a video of everything that happened that the principal didnt even review to find out that the bus driver wasnt telling the truth. Moreover, he still believed it was inappropriate to use the word lesbian in front of other children.

In the video, other students on the bus used profanity and hate speech like gay-assed motherfucker, jerk me off, daddy, touch my dick, fucking ******, what the fuck, kill you, and stop putting your fucking camera in my face, according to the report.

But Gadino didnt seem to care about anyones language until Dieker told a friend, Im a lesbian.

Stop now, Gadino told her.

Its true, the teen responded.

I dont care, watch your language, Gadino said.

Yes, I speak English, Dieker said.

Gadino pulled over and went to the back of the bus. Front row.

I didnt say anything, Dieker said.

Really? Gadino responded. Who said they were lesbian?

Wasnt anything wrong with that, the teen said.

Ive got little kids up here, the driver said. Do you think these little kindergartners need to know what that word means?

The video shows that Dieker followed Gadino to the front of the bus.

The driver lied about the incident in her report, saying that Dieker said that she was a fucking lesbian, continued to use profanity even after being told to stop, and didnt follow her to the front of the bus. Principal Wiltz didnt look at the video before siding with the bus driver and telling Dieker not to use the word lesbian.

A teacher heard what happened and went to Wiltz to talk about it, asking the principal, If she had said, Im straight, would we be here?

No, because its not inappropriate, Wiltz responded.

In the weeks that followed the incident, a school librarian who made rainbow pins for teachers to wear in support of Dieker was fired, although he was not told that he was being fired in connection to the incident. A coach, a social worker, a cook, and three teachers resigned in protest.

Dieker was the talk of the school for a time, and she said it kind of shocked me that there were boys at the school who took the principals side and used it to torment her with homophobic comments.

She had to switch classrooms and get driven to her school by her parents even after her suspension ended to avoid the same bus driver and students.

Patrick Stevenson is one of the teachers who resigned following the incident and he told the Kansas Reflector, I love the kid because she is so stinking smart. He said that boys at the school told anti-LGBTQ jokes because of Wiltzs actions.

Diekers family filed a Title IX complaint and an independent investigation was launched, although her parents say they didnt know what the investigation was doing because of a lack of communication.

The investigator released their official report in May, finding that both Wiltz and Gadino were responsible for sexual harassment of Dieker in violation of Title IX, which bans discrimination in education. President Joe Biden made it clear in an executive order earlier this year that Title IX applies to anti-LGBTQ discrimination.

Their actions reflected that they fundamentally disapproved of her sexual orientation and, quite possibly, her as well. The student would likely internalize their disgust and general disapproval.

The independent investigators report also said that it wasnt an isolated problem but a pervasive part of the school environment.

Full Article: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/teen-punished-saying-shes-lesbian-school-bus-gets-actual-justice/


Stinking smart?

interesting expression

Hope those 6 people who resigned get new jobs with higher pay

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Lol
Meanwhile the religious school I'm in basically told the parents who complained about lgbt week to get fucked

Based

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didnt read lol
this shit here
and this shit here
and that shit up there

https://i.imgur.com/7iO6T2S.gif

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Hope those 3 people who resigned get new jobs with higher pay

Six people resigned, and a librarian got fired too :(

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Thank god for the camera footage.

How much of a snowflake do you have to be to throw a fit over "lesbian" when all sorts of other profanities and slurs were also said right beforehand?

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Since when is Kansas in the South?

Regardless, a bunch of really shitty folks should lose their jobs for this.

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ApherosyLove posted...

Six people resigned, and a librarian got fired too :(

Yeah I misread that part

Hope they all get rehired

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UnfairRepresent posted...

The bus driver and the schools principal also lost their jobs

it's all good. they both deserve it.
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Compsognathus posted...

Since when is Kansas in the South?

Regardless, a bunch of really shitty folks should lose their jobs for this.

it's not, I got Kansas and Arkansas mixed up because I'm dumb lol

been in the UK too long

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ClunkerSlim posted...

If you do something discriminatory then youre automatically in the South, regardless of your geographical location. Because nothing this horrible could happen in the rest of America.

That or I just Fucked up lol

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She stood up to authority and won. Good on her

Losing your job to own the libs.

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ClunkerSlim posted...

If you do something discriminatory then youre automatically in the South, regardless of your geographical location. Because nothing this horrible could happen in the rest of America.

Someone's offended

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kingdrake2 posted...

it's all good. they both deserve it.

Good on the facility that stood up for her. Any support she could get had to have meant the world to her. And while their were asshole students insulting her over the incident, Im sure she had her share of classmates sticking up for her as well.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Stinking smart?

interesting expression

Its a bit of an old fashioned term that I havent heard in some time, but it is basically just an adjective to add emphasis, like a PG way of saying so fucking smart.

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This looks like a "fair, next" to me.

ApherosyLove posted...

and a librarian got fired too

wait what?

Questionmarktarius posted...

wait what?

UnfairRepresent posted...

In the weeks that followed the incident, a school librarian who made rainbow pins for teachers to wear in support of Dieker was fired, although he was not told that he was being fired in connection to the incident.

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In the video, other students on the bus used profanity and hate speech like gay-assed motherfucker, jerk me off, daddy, touch my dick, fucking ******, what the fuck, kill you, and stop putting your fucking camera in my face, according to the report.

wat

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^ Kids say stupid shit

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UnfairRepresent posted...

^ Kids say stupid shit

And schools tend to have rules against foul language

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MacadamianNut3 posted...

In the video, other students on the bus used profanity and hate speech like gay-assed motherfucker, jerk me off, daddy, touch my dick, fucking ******, what the fuck, kill you, and stop putting your fucking camera in my face, according to the report.

wat

When I was in middle school and high school this was just how the popular kids talked. In fact, that's a little tame compared to what I heard.

Lawl at anyone surprised at what teenagers say as if they are innocent children

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Traditional family values can get fucked boys.

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her last name sounds like a slur

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And did the bullies at the school get expelled? Did anything happen to them?

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deoxxys posted...

Lawl at anyone surprised at what teenagers say as if they are innocent children

It's that she got in trouble for lesbian yet that was going on. Back in my day atleast the kids didn't curse around adults. They'd let it fly when they wherent around sure... But not around adults at least parents and school staff

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https://youtu.be/kNHbVfUuY-M

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Sounds like most of the staff of the school need to be fired in a bunch of trash ass kids need to get fucking expelled

Seriously, a lack of consequences for those offensive children will probably not result in an all-around good environment post-firing just these two people. Who gives a fuck about these kids if they're not gonna grow up to be responsible adults? Put them all out of school or at least put them on a school long probation where one more offense for the rest of their school life results in expulsion.

Pretty tired of schools doing some nth dimension justification to ignore bullying and inappropriate behavior because "they tried and it doesn't work." It's not about working but about protecting the good kids and giving consequences to actions. American education system is such a fucking joke

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ModLogic posted...

her last name sounds like a slur

I mean she is a lesbian XD

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That's a real hero there. Standing up for what she believes in, and affecting real change.

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legendarylemur posted...

Seriously, a lack of consequences for those offensive children will probably not result in an all-around good environment post-firing just these two people. Who gives a fuck about these kids if they're not gonna grow up to be responsible adults? Put them all out of school or at least put them on a school long probation where one more offense for the rest of their school life results in expulsion.

Pretty tired of schools doing some nth dimension justification to ignore bullying and inappropriate behavior because "they tried and it doesn't work." It's not about working but about protecting the good kids and giving consequences to actions. American education system is such a fucking joke

legendarylemur posted...

Seriously, a lack of consequences for those offensive children will probably not result in an all-around good environment post-firing just these two people. Who gives a fuck about these kids if they're not gonna grow up to be responsible adults? Put them all out of school or at least put them on a school long probation where one more offense for the rest of their school life results in expulsion.

Pretty tired of schools doing some nth dimension justification to ignore bullying and inappropriate behavior because "they tried and it doesn't work." It's not about working but about protecting the good kids and giving consequences to actions. American education system is such a fucking joke

the bullies should be punished but the driver and prinicpal who support them should be fired too

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mooreandrew58 posted...

It's that she got in trouble for lesbian yet that was going on. Back in my day atleast the kids didn't curse around adults. They'd let it fly when they wherent around sure... But not around adults at least parents and school staff

When was this?

Even Stonewall Jackson in the 19th century talks about kids being dicks and cursing at him


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UnfairRepresent posted...

When was this?

Even Stonewall Jackson in the 19th century talks about kids being dicks and cursing at him

Kids at my school didnt cuss around the adults. If they did they got in trouble. I dont know what degenerate ass place you live in but down here used to anyways we where taught manners.

Of course we'd cuss up a storm when the adults wherent around/didnt think they could hear us

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Fair next

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mooreandrew58 posted...

Kids at my school didnt cuss around the adults. If they did they got in trouble. I dont know what degenerate ass place you live in but down here used to anyways we where taught manners.

Of course we'd cuss up a storm when the adults wherent around/didnt think they could hear us

Man you had a sheltered upbringing.

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Man you had a sheltered upbringing.

Man parents couldnt raise kids worth a shit where you lived

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ClunkerSlim posted...

If you do something discriminatory then youre automatically in the South, regardless of your geographical location. Because nothing this horrible could happen in the rest of America.

Its unfortunate that an area that people feel comfortable flying Confederate flags on state property might have a racist reputation.

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