Walking the T-Shirt Tightrope

Type: Article
Topics: Legal Matters, School Administrator Magazine

February 01, 2026

LEGAL BRIEF

The school day is just starting when the principal calls the superintendent. Students have arrived wearing matching T-shirts reading 鈥淟et鈥檚 Go Brandon,鈥 a political slogan referencing former President Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, another student walks in wearing a shirt stating, 鈥淭here Are Only Two Genders.鈥 Down the hall, a parent is demanding action about a student鈥檚 shirt proclaiming, 鈥淏e Happy, Not Gay.鈥

The principal urgently requests advice about whether to require any of the students to remove their shirts.

A Complex Reality

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Author

Parker Howell

Education Attorney

Porter Foster Rorirk, Seattle, Wash.

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