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Teenage lesbians reprimaded at Oprah’s South African girls school

”You have been found guilty of physical contact of a sexual nature with another pupil on campus, harassment, bullying other girls on campus and of being dishonest by not telling investigators the whole truth.”

An quote from a letter reportedly sent to the home of a girl who attended Oprah’s famed school for girls in South Africa. The alleged improprieties of this particular 15-year-old girl is said to have been one of seven girls who were suspended because ”they contravened the school’s code of conduct,” or as the NY Daily News relays it: ”Other girls were caught fondling each other or trying to get other girls to join them in lesbian liasons.” (NY Daily News)

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