A REFUSAL TO THE WEAR THE WHITE CAP AND GOWN WORN BY FEMALE GRADUATES KEPT DAMIAN GARCIA FROM GRADUATING WITH HIS FELLOW STUDENTS FROM ALBUQUERQUE'S ST. PIUS HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEDNESDAY. BUT HE'LL GRADUATE THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. UNM'S LGBTQ RESOURCE CENTER IS STAGING A GRADUATION CEREMONY JUST FOR DAMIAN TO SUPPORT HIS IDENTIFICATION AS A MALE.
ST. PIUS WOULDN'T LET HIM GRADUATE AS A MALE BECAUSE HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE LISTS HIM AS BEING FEMALE.
