What If Boys Want to Wear Dresses to School?
rob wade
Susan Jones
A dozen school-related organizations, led by the National School Boards
Association, have issued some "practical" guidelines to help school
officials deal with legal issues involving students' sexual orientation
and gender identity.
The guide, aimed at school policy-makers and administrators, "is
intended to answer questions about students' civil rights which
regularly arise in public schools," the National School Boards
Association (NSBA) said in a press release.
Using a QA format, the guide addresses questions involving student
organizations and clubs; dress codes; curriculum; student involvement
in school events; and harassment.
Answering a question about homosexual clubs, the documents says, "A
school cannot refuse to allow a group like a gay-straight alliance to
meet because other students, teachers, administrators, parents, or
community members object to formation of the club. The unpopularity of
particular expression has been rejected as a justification for
preventing student speech."
On a question about cross-dressing, the guide says, "a restriction on
boys' wearing dresses to school would be appropriate in communities
where such attire on males would result in substantial disruption of
the learning process, but in other locales, cross dressing might
actually be more socially acceptable and cause minimal disruption in
school, making such a restriction less legally justifiable."
The guide says school officials should consider the setting and the age
of the student in making a decision on cross-dressing:
"Schools with sex-specific dress codes could consider making a narrow
exception for transgender students-students who are biologically of one
gender, but psychologically identify with the opposite gender," the
guide says.
Julie Underwood, NSBA general counsel and the main author of the
publication, says there is a "good deal of misinformation and concern"
surrounding LGBT issues in the nation's schools.
"By providing clear information on schools' legal rights and
responsibilities, we want to help educators respond to questions that
may arise. Most important, we hope to help improve the educational
climate for all students."
The guide, "Dealing with Legal Matters Surrounding Students' Sexual
Orientation and Gender Identit," is being released in October, because
October is "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month," the
press release said.
Other organizations participating in the release of the guide include
the American Association of School Administrators, American Federation
of Teachers, American School Counselor Association, Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Association of
Elementary School Principals, National Association of Independent
Schools, National Association of School Psychologists, National
Association of Secondary School Principals, National Education
Association, National Student Assistance Association, School Social
Work Association of America, and United Church of Christ Justice
Witness Ministries.
Roedy Green
wrote or quoted :
>"Schools with sex-specific dress codes could consider making a narrow
>exception for transgender students-students who are biologically of one
>gender, but psychologically identify with the opposite gender," the
>guide says.
That is pretty well the only reason someone would want to cross-dress
and put up with the abuse, though I know one guy who used to wear a
kilt just to get attention.
Gay people don't cross dress except on Halloween and that is falling
away as a relic from the unliberated past. This has lead to the
popular misconception that gay males want to be female and dress as
females. Most gays never cross-dress.
"Never in human history have such genocide and cruelty been witnessed.
Such a genocide was never seen in the time of the pharaohs nor of Hitler
nor of Mussolini."
~ Mehmet Elkatmi, head of Turkish parliament's human rights commission
on Bush's atrocities in the Iraq war.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
See http://mindprod.com/iraq.html photos of Bush's war crimes
DylanBD
> "Never in human history have such genocide and cruelty been witnessed.
> Such a genocide was never seen in the time of the pharaohs nor of Hitler
> nor of Mussolini."
> ~ Mehmet Elkatmi, head of Turkish parliament's human rights commission
> on Bush's atrocities in the Iraq war.
I'm glad Turkey is bringing its full moral authority to bear on the subject
of human rights violations and genocide.
Dionisio
>What If Boys Want to Wear Dresses to School?
>
>
Next you'll be worrying about women wearing pants... Oh. Oops. Too late.
--
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh.
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
It's from the nitrous oxide, so no we can not help it.
We're at the tender mercies of an insane dentist.
Oh... Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, har-d-har.
He's going to kill us all and toss us in a car,
Which he will then dump into a lake, or a river.
That's all right, we don't care. We're laughing at the blizzard.
--Dionisio rewords another one (1994)
Matty
> On 20 Dec 2004 12:26:41 -0800, "rob wade" <rob_c_...@yahoo.com>
> wrote or quoted :
>
>> "Schools with sex-specific dress codes could consider making a narrow
>> exception for transgender students-students who are biologically of one
>> gender, but psychologically identify with the opposite gender," the
>> guide says.
>
> That is pretty well the only reason someone would want to cross-dress
> and put up with the abuse, though I know one guy who used to wear a
> kilt just to get attention.
>
> Gay people don't cross dress except on Halloween and that is falling
> away as a relic from the unliberated past. This has lead to the
> popular misconception that gay males want to be female and dress as
> females. Most gays never cross-dress.
With that being said, however, as long as the clothing isn't inpacting
either on the ability for the student to work or negatively affecting
any of the students around the student, why is it even an issue?
I mean, sorry, I *really* don't understand this strange facination that
some people hold about what people wear.
Matty