NJ school: We didn't tell your boys to cross-dress

[Shana A]

NJ school: We didn't tell your boys to cross-dress

By GEOFF MULVIHILL (AP) – 16 hours ago

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hIFFW0aHTsJ1rDqMlwomVDw_Jk0QD9F36UFG1

MAPLE SHADE, N.J. — A teacher's explanation to parents of a women's history project planned for her third-graders contained these words: "If your child is a young man, he does not have to wear a dress or skirt."

That didn't stop a parent and a blogger from complaining that little boys were being asked to cross-dress as part of the "gay agenda." From there, the Maude Wilkins School's project about the evolution of women's clothing quickly took on a life of its own — and now it's been called off completely.

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Of course, it's not unusual for little girls to dress up as George Washington or whatever for school plays...

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The double standard around wearing "cross-gender" clothing is pretty ridiculous. A woman with short hair in overalls is just "masculine," but a man with long hair in a skirt is a "cross-dresser."
Le sigh...

[Shana A]

New Jersey School Nixes 'Cross-dressing' Fashion Show After Parent Complains

By Peter J. Smith

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/apr/10041509.html

MAPLE SHADE, New Jersey, April 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just a simple "misunderstanding?"  That is what officials at Maude Wilkins Elementary School in Maple Shade, New Jersey are trying to say happened over a "cross-dressing" fashion show for third graders that was designed to celebrate Women's History Month, and also coincided with the homosexualist "Day of Silence."

The uproar began over the weekend, when school teacher Tonya Uibel sent home a 16-page packet with her third-grade students telling parents that their children were required to participate in an "end of the unit" assessment for Women's History Month. That assessment, according to the packet, would include a fashion show designed to reflect how women's roles and fashions have changed over the years.