I have a friend that would cross dress in high school, I guess we were a relatively tolerant place for a Midwestern small town because although a few people would give him crap, they were generally told to shut their pieholes and mind their own business. As we were neighbors we'd walk to school together and I always looked forward to his costumes, which tended towards the wildly dramatic. Somedays I would run into him on the way to school and he would look like he had shoplifted his wardrobe from a community theater production of The Mikado. He always had his boombox and we would sing along to Blondie songs as we walked to school. It was quite entertaining. I appreciated the over the top drama he introduced into what seemed like a relatively dreary exisitence.

I do remember him getting sent home to change his outfit ONCE when he showed up at school dressed as a Catholic priest, which I found screamingly hilarious. You were a scream Jim, I think of you and am glad we're friends.

He looks like the nerdy daughter from Modern Family.

AbbeySomeone: Who cares how he shows up unless his cock is hanging out. He's there for an education.

Devil's Advocate: what about gang colors?

:-|

You don't get it, conservatives. You've already lost.

Once upon a time men would wear make-up, heels, wigs, and hose. Satin, velvet and lace wouldn't be out of place. Delicate blue was for girls. And strong manly pink was for boys.

ArkAngel: [ICan'tFap.jpg]

I can...

Love is a battlefield.

miss diminutive: I wonder if these people would have issues if a girl showed up dressed as a guy? Probably not.

This goes back to societal gender norms. What "masculine" clothing can women not wear, save those that make zero anatomical sense? Since we're long-steeped in patriarchy, women adopting a "male" mode of dress starts as a power statement, and eventually reaches the point of gender neutrality. "Womens'" dress is automatically feminizing, and strongly resists being normalized.

I support your unmasking of your gender identity, ms. thang, but we NEED to discuss that hair band situation. Stat.

Marshall Willenholly: Whoa, who picked out that outfit? No wonder he was sent home. Somebody get that poor kid some fashion and makeup advice!

One doesn't simply strut into fashion.

It's a progression, baby steps and all that jazz.

I might sound strange, but I'd argue that kid shouldn't wear that outfit to school if only because those shorts are way too short and would be below the dress code if a girl was wearing them. So if you want to wear girls clothing make sure it's something girls would be allowed to wear in the first place.

(Note that I obviously don't know what this school's dress code is, but I've never heard of one that wouldn't object to what this guy is wearing.)

AbbeySomeone: Who cares how he shows up unless his cock is hanging out. He's there for an education.

I care.

I used to be down on school uniforms. Now after years of exposure, I don't mind. They teach good lessons.

Costumes, on the other hand. Costumes SHOULD be distracting and teach their own lessons. One of which is that the limelight is a double edged sword. That's a great lesson but not one we should be teaching in math class.

Everyone wears the same jacket, same color shoes, same slacks/skirt and I'm good. Boy wants to wear a skirt or vice versa that's their business. As long as they're in the right color uniform that's all that matters to me.

He looks pretty good compared to most British chicks

Occam's Chainsaw: AbbeySomeone: Who cares how he shows up unless his cock is hanging out. He's there for an education.

Devil's Advocate: what about gang colors?

If he wants to paint his cock up in gang colors, that's his business.

He'd hit it.

He's probably an executive transvestite.

penguin31: DrPainMD: / that's right... i refuse to admire the emperor's new gender.

I'd hope you're not admiring her. She's 17 - so you'd be having a seat over there.

Her?

Isn't he still a He?

I can understand changing the gender pronoun if the process for a gender change is underway, but just for crossdressing? I mean, you wouldn't call the guys from Queen "she" just because of the video for I Want To Break Free.

Or maybe I'm just not up on the latest TransEtiquette

Occam's Chainsaw: AbbeySomeone: Who cares how he shows up unless his cock is hanging out. He's there for an education.

Devil's Advocate: what about gang colors?

At this point, isn't pretty much every color in existence a "gang color" somewhere? What's left, transparent clothing?

penthesilea: Once upon a time men would wear make-up, heels, wigs, and hose. Satin, velvet and lace wouldn't be out of place. Delicate blue was for girls. And strong manly pink was for boys.

I am more accepting of this kid then straight guys wearing pink. This kid is expressing himself, straight guys wearing pink are using it as a tool to trick women into thinking they are sensitive.

penguin31: FirstNationalBastard: penguin31: DrPainMD: / that's right... i refuse to admire the emperor's new gender.

I'd hope you're not admiring her. She's 17 - so you'd be having a seat over there.

Her?

Isn't he still a He?

I can understand changing the gender pronoun if the process for a gender change is underway, but just for crossdressing? I mean, you wouldn't call the guys from Queen "she" just because of the video for I Want To Break Free.

I admit it. I'm being a little presumptive. But between how the child is choosing to present their appearance, and the quote from the article: "Jamie...claims he was speaking to teachers for months about how he felt trapped in a boy's body", I'm going to go out on an awfully sturdy limb on this one. Generally you don't turn up in secondary school dressed like that, saying something like that, unless you're at full blown transsexualism.

That's logical. If he really does feel like a woman trapped in a man's body, odds are he'll begin the process to change his gender as soon as he's of legal age to do so, and the transvestism is just the first step.