The student's ingenuity is commendable, but people should think carefully about the implications of his being forbidden (by a state agent acting under the color of authority) to say that he's gay in a public speech.

That really happened, and it's kind of mind-blowing.

While I love the positive thrust of your article, another important part of this story is that many students at the school were urging him not to say gay, because they didn't want "their day" ruined by having the commencement exercise disrupted.

Instead of insisting that their friend not be censored, they pressured him to be silent.

In 2022, a graduating high school student was pressured not to tell the world he was gay.

That really happened, and it's incredibly disturbing.