Brit schools cannot force girls to wear skirts, says govt body

[Shana A]

Brit schools cannot force girls to wear skirts, says govt body
February 21st, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/brit-schools-cannot-force-girls-to-wear-skirts-says-govt-body_100323841.html

London, Feb 21 (ANI): British schools have been cautioned not to force their girl students to wear skirts as doing so may violate the rights of those who want to live like boys.

The advisory issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which has enforcement powers against public bodies that breach equality law, says, "requiring pupils to wear gender-specific clothes is potentially unlawful", reports Times Online.

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Girls, you can take the skirts off
Marie Woolf, Whitehall Editor

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7034961.ece

EQUALITY and human rights law may make it illegal for schools to force girls to wear skirts — because uniforms discriminate against transsexuals.

Official guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission warns schools that insisting that girls wear skirts may breach the rights of those who feel compelled to live as boys.

[tekla]

Explain to me how GB ever started and ran an empire.