LGBTQ+ students feel erased as school boards ban pride flags in rural districts

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The posters declared, “Everyone is Welcome!”

Laminated, with rainbow billowing across the top right corner and three cartoon people in a friendly embrace in the bottom left, the poster advertised the launch of Fowlerville High School’s inclusivity club. The club was a space meant to “unite LGBTQ+, multicultural, and allied youth” to form a stronger sense of community.

But unity felt faraway at Fowlerville High to some LGBTQ+ students, where schoolmates tore the inclusivity club’s posters down, said Gavin Tschirret, 17, who graduated from Fowlerville High in the spring.

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