High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends The Dress Code

nytimes.com:

Can a girl attend her prom in a tuxedo?

In recent years, a growing number of teenagers have been dressing to articulate or confound gender identity and sexual orientation. Certainly they have been confounding school officials, whose responses have ranged from indifference to applause to bans.

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Comments

[NWBrunette]

01:00 AM on 11/10/2009

News flash: Gender is not a box with big thick walls. Its a great big multi-dimensional play space. The next generation has figured it out. For those who haven't yet, have fun adjusting. Because the world has changed and its not going back.

[boston999]

01:27 PM on 12/23/2009

The world has not changed. Only a few lunatic fringe out there have changed.

[Niasia]

09:07 PM on 11/09/2009

I say uniform all schools. that takes a lot of things out of play. when it comes to the social functions let them wear what they like.

[TheGreenAstro]

07:25 PM on 12/24/2009

They're talking about dances. People don't wear uniforms to dances.

[yellowdoggie]

03:28 PM on 11/09/2009

I teach online. I don't care WHAT my students wear, if anything. :-)

[chewie2008]

05:16 PM on 11/09/2009

lol.quote of the day.