LGBTQ Students Criticize School at Heart of SCOTUS Case

The end of high school was one of the worst periods of Noelle Shamlian's life. In spring 2019, Shamlian, who identifies as nonbinary and bisexual, was just two months shy of graduating Bangor Christian Schools -- a private K-12 religious school in Bangor, Maine -- when a fellow student reported them to the administration as queer. Twenty-year-old Shamlian was closeted at the time and knew that coming out could mean expulsion from the school they'd attended since sophomore year. So when they were called to the principal's office in April 2019 and asked if they were bisexual, they were terrified.