Ever since she was a child, Holley Gerelds has worn “masculine clothing,” she said. At prom, she wore a tuxedo. For her senior portrait, the black velvet, V-neck drape that the young women ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi school superintendent said today that previous federal court rulings back up a principal's decision to keep a teenage lesbian's picture out of a high school yearbook.

The black velvet, V-neck drape that the young women were required to wear just didn’t feel like her. Holley Gerelds wanted to wear a tuxedo for her senior yearbook portrait, instead.

A graduate of Springville High, Holley Gerelds said her photo didn't appear in the school yearbook because she wore a tuxedo top instead of the drape usually worn by female students.

A high school senior in Alabama was excluded from her yearbook after posing for her portrait in a tux. Now, she's bringing awareness to the incident, although her school is making up for it.

Holley Gerelds wanted to wear a tuxedo for her yearbook photo, instead of a black velvet, V-neck drape The black velvet, V-neck drape that the young women were required to wear just didn't feel ...

While the yearbook portrait rules state that women must wear a drape (a black velvet cloth across their shoulders) and men must wear a tuxedo, Gerelds said she asked if she could wear a tuxedo ...

A high school principal reverses a decision to require a lesbian to wear a drape like the other girls in order to have her picture taken for the yearbook.

Some students posed in the bare-shouldered drape while others didn’t. Many, said the students, posed several different ways and will later choose which one they want to have in the yearbook.

That’s basically what a high school principal told Ceara Sturgis at the start of her senior year — you’ve got to wear a “drape,” or scoop-necked covering that looks like the top of a dress, in the ...

An Alabama high school graduate doesn't appear in her yearbook after wearing a tuxedo top for her senior portrait, instead of the black drape female students usually wear.

The black velvet, V-neck drape that the young women were required to wear just didn’t feel like her. Holley Gerelds wanted to wear a tuxedo for her senior yearbook portrait, instead. The ...