Male Cheerleader Suffers Discrimination and Fights Back

PALOUSE, WA. — A male student at Garfield-Palouse High School in Palouse, WA is a cheerleader but he isn’t content with doing typical male cheerleader stunts. He wants to do the same dances and kicks and fist pumps as the females, but his mom says school administrators are discriminating against him and preventing him from cheering.

Benjamin Grundy’s mom Suzanne says school administrators are discriminating against him by not allowing him to do everything the girls do.

“At the beginning of the current season I was told I’d be able to participate in everything other cheerleaders would do, including the dance routine,” Benjamin Grundy said.

However later according to the Grundys Gar-Pal’s athletic director pressured him to be the mascot instead of a cheerleader. Later he was forbidden from moving his legs and feet, dancing or even shaking his hips when he cheered.\[READ MORE]