WLOS: Buncombe County boy told not to wear ‘My Little Pony’ backpack to school

From WLOS:

A mother and her 9-year-old son say school officials won’t let him bring a My Little Pony bag to school. The boy and his mother say he’s getting shoved around because bullies think his pick of a favorite toy is for girls.

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The Huffington Post also picked up on the story, tweeting it out to its 117,000 followers on @HuffPostEdu:

The boy has since gained support around the Internet.

A Change.org petition in support of the child has several hundred signatures, and a Facebook page titled “Support For Grayson” had nearly 10,000 likes as of Friday afternoon. The page also contains supportive video messages, including one from a member of the United States Navy who identifies himself as Petty Officer Dorr.

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Current freelance journalist and artist. Former culture/entertainment reporter at the Asheville Citizen-Times and former news reporter at Mountain Xpress. Also a coffee drinker, bad photographer, teller of stupid jokes and maker-upper of words. I can be reached at hayleyebenton [at] gmail.com. Follow me @HayleyTweeet

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