ALICE, TX – A male cheerleader says he was kicked off the cheerleading squad and suspended from Alice High School after being caught kissing another male student.

KRIS-TV of Corpus Christi, Texas said the young man was caught by a surveillance camera which led the student to believe he was being watched and targeted by school officials simply because of his sexual orientation. The boy said that public displays of affection are a relatively common occurrence at Alice High School and believes the principal would not have targeted him had he been caught kissing a female student.

In a written statement issued Friday, Principal Lucy Munoz said, “the district does not suspend students for kissing other students at school, regardless of the gender of the student.”

The statement did not list a specific reason for the student’s suspension, and only said “the matter is still under review by the District.”