Student sues Massachusetts school after it forced him to change his T-shirt stating there are only two genders

A 12-year-old boy is suing his Massachusetts school after being sent home for allegedly violating the dress code by wearing a T-shirt that said, "There are only two genders."

Liam Morrison, a seventh-grade student, filed a charge against Nichols Middle School for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights by asking him to remove a T-shirt that targeted "a protected class."

The young man claimed that he was pulled out of his gym class, and then his father was called to pick him up from school for refusing to change attire. "They told me that I wasn't in trouble, but I sure felt like I was. I was told that I would need to remove my shirt before I could return to class. When I nicely told them I didn't want to do that, they called my father," Liam recounted in a speech before the Middleborough Public School Board.

Later, Morrison opted to try another T-shirt that read, "There are censored genders," once again, the young man was pulled out of class and asked to remove his shirt.

"I don't complain when I see Pride flags and diversity posters hung throughout the school. Do you know why? Because others have a right to their beliefs just as I do," he expressed, stressing that despite his age, he should also be able to express his opinions.

The accusation against the school points out that the practice of the dress code imposes an unconstitutional restriction that gives school officials "unbridled discretion [...] subject to no standards or guidelines" about what a student is or is not allowed to wear, "permitting content- and viewpoint-based enforcement of the policies."

Alliance Defending Freedom, the conservative Christian legal defense group representing Morrison, is now asking a federal court to stop the school district from continuing to use the dress code to censor.