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Title: In mixed up world: “Girls will be boys and boys will be girls”
Post by: Shana A on November 09, 2009, 11:55:25 AM

In mixed up world: "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls"

11:06 pm November 8, 2009, by Maureen Downey

http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/11/08/in-mixed-up-world-girls-will-be-boys-and-boys-will-be-girls/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog (http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2009/11/08/in-mixed-up-world-girls-will-be-boys-and-boys-will-be-girls/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog)

There was a good Sunday New York Times story on the growing tension between gender-bender high school students and traditional dress codes. The story made brief reference to the recent North Cobb High case involving student Jonathan Escobar.

There seems to be a rise in news stories about cross-dressing students. A Houston senior was in the news last week when he wore black leather pants, purple high heels and a page-boy wig to class. It was the wig that landed him in trouble because his school has a rule that boys cannot wear hair longer than their collars.