Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Openly Gay, Niagara Falls High School Student Inspires Protest After Being Told to Remove his High Heels
http://www.womanist-musings.com/2012/01/openly-gay-niagara-falls-high-school.htmlWhy is it the moment a child appears to be gender non-conforming that the status quo always attempts to force change by claiming that the child in question is a distraction? Tyreese Maye likes wearing what he refers to as, "girl shoes," and thought that it would not be a problem for him to wear high heeled shoes, because the girls wore them. Well what is good for the goose is apparently not good for the gander.
Anyone else surprised that it quickly moved from a distraction to a health and safety issues when Tyreese Maye pointed out the uneven application of school standards? If this were really a health and safety issue, the administration would have long ago addressed the young women who wore high heel shoes. I am quite the sure the fact that Tyreese Maye is both Black and gay had more to do with their sudden adherence to school policy.
