Help Centralia Illinois Trans Student Be Allowed To Be In Local Homecoming Court, Now!

I have had local Centralia High school Students contact me, including Delta Dukes. Delta Dukes is a senior at Centralia High School. Delta wanted to participate in the homecoming Court as a male escort and was told he couldn't because of his "situation". Delta was assigned female at birth, but openly identifies as male. Delta was offered a possible female attendant role, of course he turned it down as Delta is a trans boy. State law requires he not be excluded from extracurricular activity due to gender identification.

105 ILCS 5/10-20.12; 23 Ill.Admin.Code §1.240(a). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) regulations further state that “no school system may exclude or segregate any pupil, or discriminate against any pupil on the basis of his or her race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy [775 ILCS 5/1-102(A)], gender identity, or status of being homeless [105 ILCS 45/1-5 and 42 USC 11434a(2)].” 23 Ill.Admin.Code §1.240(b).

Please sign the petition so we can show CHS that we believe Delta should not be excluded.