She challenged his authoratah! to rewrite the dress code (which didn't actually say that girls couldn't wear the faux tux) after the event.
For general infornation The offending photo 
Posted on 09/23/2005 11:35:17 PM PDT by SmithL
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A lesbian student has reached an out-of-court agreement about six months after her senior portrait was banned from the yearbook because she was dressed in a tuxedo.
Kelli Davis, now a freshman at the University of South Florida in Tampa, said she hopes the settlement will prevent future discrimination against students.
"It wasn't a gender-identity issue," Davis said. "I'm obviously a female; I don't try and be a guy. But I was being discriminated on because of my gender."
The dispute began earlier this year when Fleming Island principal Sam Ward pulled Davis' yearbook photo because it violated the dress code for senior portraits.
Davis said she wore a tux for her senior photo because it made her feel more comfortable than the traditional female attire - a fabric drape that looks like a dress in the photo. Those were the two options given to students.
The Clay County School Board approved the mediated settlement Sept. 15. It alters the way senior portraits are handled and forces the school system to provide faculty and staff with "sexual orientation" training.
The district entered mediation after Davis threatened to file a federal lawsuit.
See a psychiatrist Kelli. Can work wonders.
Well I think you have to, otherwise, what's to stop someone wanting to wear a, for example, nazi officer uniform because they feel more confortable because it's what they believe in (okay an extreme example but you have to draw the line at simple dress codes)
The district entered mediation after Davis threatened to file a federal lawsuit."
Let's hear it for the illegally-enforced, non-ratified 14th Amendment.
For which they can thank Sam Ward
Hmmm...Florida, you say?
Better a tux than a burkha.
Better a yearbook than a driver's license.
Is there some part of the story I am missing here? I don't see what's so bad about a tuxedo, even worn by a woman. We're not talking about a bikini top or a t-shirt with a dirty slogan on it, just formal attire. Sure, it may be a little odd to have only one woman choose to wear it, but I see no reason why it had to be prohibited.
She challenged his authoratah! to rewrite the dress code (which didn't actually say that girls couldn't wear the faux tux) after the event.
For general infornation The offending photo
That guy's no lesbian.
The point is, the school administration looks petty and stupid when it digs in it's heels over unimportant things like this. Preventing students from making asses of themselves in a yearbook photo is unimportant compared to the number of student graduated each year who cannot read.
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At some point you have to choose your battles. The school seems to have chosen poorly.
I dunno, but I kinda like the tux thing.
I continue to be amazed at the argument that we should not stereotype lesbians as "unattractive" and yet they continue to be so.
I know, I know, there are probably a few attractive lesbians, I just never see them. In Hollywood, you might see Madonna french kiss Brittney, but then, they aren't lesbians.
Same goes for the sissy guys.
I think it's high time conservatives take a page from these slimeballs' book: Always threaten a lawsuit and watch them knuckle under to avoid the cost.
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