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Initech

(100,107 posts)
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 03:39 PM Apr 2012

Male student wears dress to prom to support LGBT rights

Unfortunately his bid for prom queen didn't sit too well with school officials.

TEMPE, AZ (CBS5) - When you think of a high school prom, you probably imagine girls in beautiful dresses and guys in their tuxes, but a teenager says his rights were violated when a Tempe school told him he could not run for prom queen.

"It's just about a perfect fitting dress and everyone says it looks flattering on me," said 17-year-old McClintock High School student River Flanary.

He is far from a typical teenage boy.

http://m.kpho.com/w/main/story/58917819/

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Male student wears dress to prom to support LGBT rights (Original Post) Initech Apr 2012 OP
No, I'm sorry... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #1
Ha, I was just thinking he should lose the beard. Initech Apr 2012 #6
Not the first case of this happening and it won't be the last. William769 Apr 2012 #2
BTW, if you choose to wear a kilt to prom...DON'T wear the dagger in your sock! HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #3
There are non-bladed handles available for such occasions ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #4
AWESOME MadrasT Apr 2012 #5

WillParkinson

(16,862 posts)
1. No, I'm sorry...
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 03:49 PM
Apr 2012

He just cannot pull that look off! Perhaps a shave and a haircut might help, but that beard totally distracts from the pretty dress.

Oh, and and K & R.

William769

(55,148 posts)
2. Not the first case of this happening and it won't be the last.
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 03:49 PM
Apr 2012

One day (hopefully not in the distant future) stories like this will not exist.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
3. BTW, if you choose to wear a kilt to prom...DON'T wear the dagger in your sock!
Wed Apr 18, 2012, 03:51 PM
Apr 2012

And do expect adults to be drawn to rummage through your bursa!

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