MEMPHIS, May 2 (UPI)

Students at a Memphis high school said their principal outed several gay students when she compiled a list of couples at the school and posted it publicly.

The students claim Principal Daphne Beasley of Hollis F. Price Middle College High School compiled a list of all couples at the school, homosexual and heterosexual alike, after receiving complaints about public displays of affection in school hallways, ABC News reported Friday.

“I really feel that my personal privacy was invaded,” said a student who gave his first name, Nicholas. He said his sexual orientation was exposed when the principal’s list revealed him to be in a relationship with another male student. He said Beasley invaded his privacy. “I mean, Principal Beasley called my mother and outed me to my mother!” he said.

The American Civil Liberties Union has threatened legal action against the school.

“I really couldn’t believe that a principal would have done something like this,” said Christine Sun, an ACLU attorney handling the case.

“The Constitution provides all of us with the right to privacy and the right to associate whomever we want to associate with,” said Sun. “And by creating this list and intruding upon these students’ privacy without any reason to, she violated their constitutional rights.”

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