The Supreme Court not hearing the case of a local student who was banned from wearing an “only two genders” shirt to middle school is a “setback for free speech,” according to the group defending the student. The country’s highest court on Tuesday announced that it will not hear Liam Morrison’s case against the town of Middleboro.

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a student's challenge on free speech grounds to a Massachusetts public school's decision to bar him from wearing a T-shirt reading "There are only two genders" due to concern about the message's effect on transgender and other pupils.