Gender Equity and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Education
2014
Jesse Montgomery was subjected to frequent and continual
teasing from the time he was in kindergarten. To his classmates,
he was never quite enough of a “boy,” so throughout his school
years other students referred to him as a girl, calling him “Jessica,” as well as fag, homo, freak, princess, fairy, lesbian, femme
boy, bitch, queer, pansy, and queen. The harassment became
physical in sixth grade, when he was punched, knocked down,
and even super-glued to his seat. He was also subjected to assaults of a more sexual nature, as students grabbed his upper
legs, inner thighs, chest, and crotch; or threw him to the ground
and pretended to rape him anally; or sat on his lap and bounced
while pretending to have intercourse with him. Over the years,
officials and school staff did little to address the on-going
harassment that Jesse experienced.
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