NatalieYoungholdsaT-shirtwiththewords"BarbieisaLesbian"writtenonitinNewYorkCityonThursday.Hermothersuedthecityoverherdaughter'srighttoexpressherviewsafterYoungwassuspendedforwearingtheT-shirttoschool.Youngreceiveda$30,000settlementfromNewYorkCity.TheDepartmentofEducationagreedtochangeschoolpolicyrecognizingandallowingforpoliticalspeechandexpressionbystudents.
楊格周四在紐約市手持寫有「芭比是女同性戀者」字眼的T恤。她因為穿着這件T恤上學被勒令停課，她的母親指校方侵犯女兒言論自由，控告紐約市政府。市政府與楊格庭外和解，賠償3萬美元（約23.4萬港元）。（美國）教育部同意修改學校政策，承認並允許學生有表達政見的自由。