3.02.2005

Brownshirts vs. Tuxedos: A straight-A lesbian highschooler in Florida won't be appearing in her yearbook this year because she's wearing a tuxedo in the photo. According to the principal, and county officials who are backing him up, a tuxedo is "boy's clothes" and not permissible garb for the school publication. The yearbook's editor was canned for refusing to pull the photo, and the girl's mother says "This is not to be treated as a gay rights issue. Rather it's a human rights issue." Says Craig Bowman, executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, "Many court opinions state that gender-based dress codes violate students' rights. Unless it's clearly vulgar dress or offensive in some way, courts are more often sympathetic to the rights of the student."

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