Suspended for wearing a skirt

[LKTraz]

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I agree that the kid did NOT violate any dress code. His fellow students were not shocked or distracted by it so there was absolutely no harm done. He has a feminine appearance and this leads me to believe that he will likely seek trans-gender surgery later in life.

Again......no big deal.

I really don't think he did it simply to "grandstand" for attention unlike THIS guy:

Dennis Rodman



Rodman isn't homosexual although he THOUGHT he might be during his teen years. It turned out that he was simply intimidated by women due to being raised in a decidedly female predominant household.

The whole dress thing for him at the time was a giant play for attention on a grand scale. This kid wasn't doing anything in that vein.

These school officials are carrying out a common double standard. Girls can come to school wearing a men's shirt and tie and nothing is said. Hell......some Catholic schools have a dress code for girls that REQUIRE that they wear the familiar pleated skirt, a white shirt and a NECKTIE!!!!! When I was a kid Saint Cyril's (our local parochial school) had that exact dress code for girls.

Those dress codes SPECIFIED what attire boys and girls were to wear. Public school dress codes are rarely that specific as to assign gender appropriateness standards.

Unless a girl came in wearing a Nazi uniform and were sporting a Hitler mustache they likely could wear damn near anything considered to be male attire. ("Oh they're just being girls.") But let a boy wear anything that is even remotely considered female attire and it's a huge issue with homosexual overtones running rampant!

I agree with the other posters that it wasn't a matter of student distraction but rather school officials' prejudicial judgement that was the issue here.

As far as the issue of men holding hands in public? Go to the African nation of Burkina Faso where it is the norm for men to hold hands in public. There it is considered as a show of friendship and solidarity amongst men and entire groups of men will walk around on the streets doing so.

"Normalcy" in behavior is specific to given segments of the world population and as such are not universal. Those who do not recognize this are closed minded at the very least.

Being conservative I personally wouldn't be caught dead wearing women's clothing in public unless it was for a play or other such temporary activity. However, if the practice is doing no harm to anyone then why make a big deal out of it? I might not do it myself but I will firmly defend someone else's right to express themselves. (Provided of course that their expression isn't with malice or harmful to others.)

If others wish to ridicule that behavior then the person exhibiting should be prepared to face that in knowing that what they are doing stands out amongst the crowd. BUT...... facing punishment in an official capacity for doing something that deviates from the accepted norm without harm to others for any given segment of society is just plain wrong!

I really don't give a flying fuck with a rolling doughnut if a big hairy biker dude rides in on a pink Harley wearing a fucking tutu. His choice. If I wanna laugh at that image then he shouldn't be surprised or offended.