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Catholic Girls School Hosts Civilly Married Lesbian Graduation Speaker

Catholic Girls School Hosts Civilly Married Lesbian Graduation Speaker

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A lesbian who has self-identified as "a big ol' dyke" gave the graduation speech last week at Fontbonne Academy, a Catholic preparatory school run by a Catholic religious order, telling graduates that "conformity" is "exceptionally overrated and usually boring." Andi Lyons, a professor at the State University of New York at Albany, and an alumna of Fontbonne in 1973, offered Fontbonne graduates a few lessons in her speech on Thursday, May 25.

A lesbian who has self-identified as "a big ol' dyke" gave the graduation speech last week at Fontbonne Academy, a Catholic preparatory school run by a Catholic religious order, telling graduates that "conformity" is "exceptionally overrated and usually boring." Andi Lyons, a professor at the State University of New York at Albany, and an alumna of Fontbonne in 1973, offered Fontbonne graduates a few lessons in her speech on Thursday, May 25.…