Considered “toxic” towards her classmates: fired because she wore “an LGBT sweater”, a former student of Stanislas high school testifies

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She spent nine years at the Parisian school before being kicked out in June 2022 for wearing a multi-colored striped sweater. The student testified about her experiences at the school.

In an investigation by the program “Complément d’enquête" broadcast on October 10, a young student from the private Stanislas high school testified to a homophobic climate within the establishment

And this is not a first since four inspectors had been contacted by the former Minister of Education, Pap Ndiaye, following an article in Médiapart.

The Inspectors from the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGÉSR) were able to spend two months at the establishment, where they were able to meet a student who testified about harassment she had allegedly suffered.

“It was an illness”

She describes the comments she was subjected to, particularly when she sat on a friend's lap. The educational staff ordered her to get up because “people would think [she was] a lesbian, and that it was an illness”.

The student also recounts the day she came in with a multi-colored sweater: “ “That's the one that got me accused of LGBT activism. They wanted me to stop wearing it.

The inspectors were able to note in their report an email that actually talks about a “LGBT sweater.

When she finished her first year at the high school, she was one of the best students in her class with an outstanding report card and an excellence award. However, his parents are summoned by the high school.

The student testifies in the program: "They were told that I was fired because I did not correspond to the spirit of Stanislas, that I had been toxic towards my classmates".

A complaint was filed

The student filed a complaint for discrimination against three school officials, including the former director. She was joined by two LGBT associations who also decided to file a complaint.

The inspectors mentioned a "brutal method". However, the homophobic nature was not retained and in fact, the public prosecutor was not contacted.

While the entire group has always denied the accusations, "Further investigation" interviewed other former homosexual students of the establishment: “A censor director told me about conversion therapies” or again “In the canteen, the students were always saying: homosexuals piss us off, gays disgust us”, they testify.