Houston HS Student Not Allowed to attend Sr. Prom

[TSLexiWade]

PLEASE SIGN & SHARE THIS PETITION:

Spring High School Senior Prom Discrimination, Houston, TX: Allow a Spring High School Sr. the rights to attend senior prom as a woman

"According to the school officials, "Only ladies are to wear dresses to prom.." while a Spring H.S. student feels as if he's a woman - a transsexual. However, he has been denied to opportunity to attend the senior prom as a woman, where he feels most comfortable. After being told this was not accepted, and featured on the local news, I feel as if if bullying has become such an issues in today's society, why are we allowing school officials the rights to bully and discriminate upon one simply because they are "different" - Please sign the petition & allow this student to attend her senior prom as she wishes... We as a GLBT community MUST stop bullying - & it begins here."

Lexi Wade



SIGN THE PETITION HERE:

https://www.change.org/petitions/spring-high-school-senior-prom-discrimination-houston-tx-allow-a-spring-high-school-sr-the-rights-to-attend-senior-prom-as-a-woman

[SunshyneMonroe]

Done twitting and blogging now Lexi ;)

[Wendy Summers]

Lexi,

I'm having trouble tracking down any source on this besides you. Is there documentation of the situation? News coverage? etc?

[NYCTSluv]

Meanwhile a girl could probably wear pants or even a tuxedo and no one would even really care. Geez

[TSLexiWade]

Lexi,

I'm having trouble tracking down any source on this besides you. Is there documentation of the situation? News coverage? etc?


Wendy,

Here is the link to the news story:


http://www.khou.com/news/local/Spring-High-senior-says-school-wont-let-him-wear-dress-to-prom--192177781.html

[TSLexiWade]

Bump.

[BigDF]

I wish people would just get over themselves. ASSistant Super should have kept mouth shut about it and let the kid do whatever she/he wanted, especially if the parents supported her/him.

Here in Cincy, one of the high schools cancelled their prom because a bunch of kids had a water balloon fight in the cafeteria. There were about 10 people arrested because of the water balloon fight got out of hand, and some kids got hurt. This is also the same public school system that has been holding a kid's high school diploma from last May because his parents celebrated his graduation a bit louder than the other parents.

I think if the kid in Houston wants to wear a dress and go as a girl it should be that person's choice. It seems to me this falls under the right of free expression and the school should not be suppressing it.:geek:

[RyderMonroe]

Are they trans? I couldnt tell from reading the article and blurb on the petition.

[TSLexiWade]

Are they trans? I couldnt tell from reading the article and blurb on the petition.

No, but "she" feels like a woman & more comfortable in her own skin.. We all start somewhere.

The peition has targeted international supporters & when I spoke with the news station earlier today, they were shocked to see the outpour of support in less than 24 hours.

It's discrimination.. and bullying.


The news article link/story (Courtesy of KHOU, Houston) is provided in the petition.

[RyderMonroe]

No, but "she" feels like a woman & more comfortable in her own skin.. We all start somewhere.

The peition has targeted international supporters & when I spoke with the news station earlier today, they were shocked to see the outpour of support in less than 24 hours.

It's discrimination.. and bullying.


The news article link/story (Courtesy of KHOU, Houston) is provided in the petition.

I'm still confused. you keep going back and forth from he to she. What do they identify as?

[wiltthestilt]

The senior prom is a tradition that should go extinct. There is no reason for the school to be sponsoring this excuse to get wasted, high, or worse. You have kids getting killed in DWI accidents; kids going to the hospital for alcohol intoxication; kids getting arrested.

Let the PTA sponsor the event so the responsibility can fall where it rightfully belongs: on the kids' parents. Here's another reason for the school to wash their hands with this thing. Either suppress this kid's rights, or change a policy that will likely offend other people in the community. More unecessary problems caused by this unecessary event.

[Bunzee]

womens clothing is just more fun, there is no denying it ... men should be able to wear womens clothing and use makeup too