Jessica Turner is twelve years old. Jessica’s grandparents, Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, claim the preteen suffered psychological distress after viewing the 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain” in her 8th grade class at Ashburn Community Elementary School last year and are suing the Chicago Board of Education for $500,000 in damages.

“Brokeback Mountain” is the story of two cowboys who conceal their homosexual affair over the course of decades.

The lawsuit also names Ashburn Principal Jewel Diaz and a substitute teacher, referred to as “Ms. Buford.”

The substitute asked a student to shut the classroom door at the West Side school, saying: “What happens in Ms. Buford’s class stays in Ms. Buford’s class,” according to the lawsuit.

“It is very important to me that my children not be exposed to this,” said Kenneth Richardson, Jessica’s guardian. “The teacher knew she was not supposed to do this.”

Grandpa complained to school administrators about reading material that he said included curse words.

“This was the last straw,” he said. “I feel the lawsuit was necessary because of the warning I had already given them on the literature they were giving out to children to read. I told them it was against our faith.”