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"A federal judge ruled late Friday evening that the Harrison County School District can prohibit a 17-year-old transgender girl from attending her graduation Saturday unless she dresses in attire designated for boys, the Sun Herald’s Margaret Baker reported."

“On May 9, 2023—less than two weeks before graduation day, Defendants informed Plaintiff L.B. that she could not attend or participate in her high school graduation ceremony while wearing a dress and heeled shoes,” says a complaint the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Thursday.

“Defendants based this instruction on the HCHS gender-based dress code policy for graduation, which provides that girls must wear a white dress and dress shoes and that boys must wear a white button-down shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, and a tie or bowtie,” the complaint continues.

“Defendants instructed that L.B. must dress in accordance with her S*x assigned at birth—in other words, that L.B. must dress in accordance with the stereotypical male standards, even though she entered high school as a girl and has lived every aspect of her high school career as a girl.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/33 ... graduation

Speaking as a cis woman I’d be pissed that I had to wear a dress and couldn’t pick a pantsuit or even the color I wanted. I understand schools can make uniform rules but if they allowed and accepted her gender until this point it’s petty and stupid to suddenly change course because of a graduation. Is the diploma going to be in her chosen name or what?

I hope the family wins the lawsuit and I hope people start boycotting these southern states over these ignorant ass decisions and political grand standing.

I seriously considered moving back, but stuff like this reminds me of why I left and it keeps getting worse.

It seems that many are going out of their way to show us how “free” we actually are.

SouthernIslander wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 2:57 pm I hope the family wins the lawsuit and I hope people start boycotting these southern states over these ignorant ass decisions and political grand standing.

I seriously considered moving back, but stuff like this reminds me of why I left and it keeps getting worse.

They lost:( The judge ruled last night that she has to wear male attire and graduation is this evening.

This is so ridiculous. What does the school gain from enforcing this? How are they harmed by letting her dress as she wants?

WellPreserved wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 3:00 pm

SouthernIslander wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 2:57 pm I hope the family wins the lawsuit and I hope people start boycotting these southern states over these ignorant ass decisions and political grand standing.

I seriously considered moving back, but stuff like this reminds me of why I left and it keeps getting worse.

They lost:( The judge ruled last night that she has to wear male attire and graduation is this evening.

Oh… might not hear about it but karma will bite the state in the ass for all this because it always does. That’s why the state is in the shape it’s in now and why so many people move immediately after college.

They didn’t even harass us like this when we were in school so I see the bigoted behavior has gotten worse.

This is blatant discrimination and bullying a child.

Dress codes can’t be explicitly discriminatory.
That means that while dress codes may specify types of attire that are acceptable, these requirements may not differ based on students’ gender, race, religion, or other protected characteristics. Under federal laws protecting against discrimination in education – including Title IX, Title VI, and the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection guarantee, public schools cannot enforce a dress code based on gender- or race-based stereotypes about appropriate dress or appearance. For example, a public school cannot require girls, and only girls, to wear skirts or dresses, or require boys, but not girls, to wear short hair. This also goes for special events and occassions – such as prom, graduation, or yearbook photos. For example, while a public school can require “formal attire” to be worn at special events, it may not require that girls, and only girls, wear gowns – or that boys, and only boys, wear a suit.

https://www.aclu.org/news/womens-rights ... appearance.







So what happened? Is this another state law vs federal law?

This is completely wrong and I hope this story becomes bigger, especially for the graduating class of 2024 next spring.

Don't they wear caps and gowns over their other "street clothes" and if so, what could happen tonight if she still wore what she wanted to underneath?

AZOldCoot wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 6:48 pm This is completely wrong and I hope this story becomes bigger, especially for the graduating class of 2024 next spring.

Don't they wear caps and gowns over their other "street clothes" and if so, what could happen tonight if she still wore what she wanted to underneath?

I was thinking the same. She will be wearing a gown, so no one would have even noticed it had the school not made a big deal about it.