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Protest: Strathmore student Stephanie, far right, with supportive schoolmates. Picture: Moonee Valley Leader

By MARY PAPADAKIS
Feb. 19 2006

A STUDENT being asked to remove a T-shirt with a lesbian slogan has sparked a protest at a school in Melbourne’s northwest.

About 30 students at Strathmore Secondary College last week rallied behind Year 12 classmate Stephanie, 17, after she was told by teachers to change out of the T-shirt for school photos.

Stephanie, who did not want her surname published, said she had worn a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Nobody knows I’m a lesbian" to school on several occasions without concerns being raised by staff or fellow students.

"I’ve had it for ages," she said.

But she said things changed when she wore it on school photo day, sparking concern among Year 12 co-ordinators.

She was quickly asked to take the T-shirt off.

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