Over 100 students gathered in the entrances of Fenelon High School in Lille, France to pay tribute to a 17-year-old trans classmate, Fouad, who committed suicide.
According to the Independent, Fouad had only recently come out as a trans woman, but was misgendered and criticised by school staff for wearing a skirt.
She shared a video on social media where a member of staff argues her identity is ‘upsetting others in the school’, while Fouad is in tears.
She was found dead in a shelter where she was staying on Wednesday December 16 – only days after the incident at school.