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'Not Your Therapy Session': NJ High School Valedictorian Cut Off During LGBTQ Graduation Speech 'Not Your Therapy Session': NJ High School Valedictorian Cut Off During LGBTQ Graduation Speech
'Not Your Therapy Session': NJ High School Valedictorian Cut Off During LGBTQ Graduation Speech The valedictorian of a New Jersey high school was cut off by a school administrator during his speech during the graduation ceremony while discussing his LGBTQ identity. Eastern Regional High School's Bryce Dersham says his graduation speech was cut short when he began discussing LGBTQ and mental health struggles -- things that he was told he was not allowed to include in his speech. Video shows the principal then stepping behind Dershem on the podium -- then suddenly, Dershem's mic was silenced. A gay pride flag draped over Dersham's shoulders, the audience cheers in his support, hop…