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[Shana A]

Transgender forced out
Teenager identifies as a boy, too embarrassed to wear a skirt at school
Dec 5, 2010 9:45 PM | By ASA SOKOPO

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article799649.ece/Transgender-forced-out

Gender activists have stepped in to help a transgender teenager who has been forced to leave his East London school in Eastern Cape because he was not allowed to wear trousers.

Born a girl, the Cambridge teenager - who now identifies himself as a boy - wanted to swap his school skirt for grey trousers but was not permitted to do so.

"It just didn't feel right to wear a skirt to school. It was just so embarrassing," the 15-year-old said.

[Shana A]

Teen 'devastated' by banning
Dec 12, 2010 10:49 PM | By ZINE GEORGE
A teenager says she is "devastated" after being barred from high school next year for feeling more comfortable wearing trousers than a skirt.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article812215.ece/Teen-devastated-by-banning

The teenager, who regards herself as a boy trapped in the body of a girl, is caught up in a transgender row that has rocked East London.

"I hate being called a lesbian. I'm not a lesbian. I'm born a girl but I'm a man," said the 15-year-old.

[spacial]

Some of the responses, on the site, are pretty tlling of how far Africa still needs to go.

Best wishes to this guy and other like him.

[Lukas-H]

It boggles me how schools still follow this 'Girls in skirts/dresses and boys in pants only' kind of crap.

It's just clothes, for pete's sake. Pants are far more comfortable than a dress ever will be, so why not let anyone who wants to wear them wear them?

[spacial]

It boggles me how schools still follow this 'Girls in skirts/dresses and boys in pants only' kind of crap.

It's just clothes, for pete's sake. Pants are far more comfortable than a dress ever will be, so why not let anyone who wants to wear them wear them?

Quite frankly, the way schools insist that girls, must wear clothing which can, with a gust of wind, expose them, is disgusting.

I certainly won't criticise skirts and dresses as such, but there's something seriously disturbing that young girls are forced to expose themselves in this way.

I recall, when I was nursing, in one hospital, the dress uniform issued was designed to be quite tight, so hips were shown. When these nurses needed to lift a patient, they generally, lifted their skirt to their waists, simply to allow themselves movement.

Another damming inditement of the feminists.