Natalie Young wore a "Barbie is a Lesbian" t-shirt to her high school in NYC and got suspended for it, despite the lack of a formal dress code. And now she's $30,000 richer because of the situation. Despite the young woman's pride in the "message" this sends to openly-gay students, I have a hard time believing that we should view the t-shirt as a legitimate political expression.
The education department has agreed to develop guidelines relating to student dress and their "expression of sexual orientation." I wouldn't want that job.
Posted by kswygert at April 2, 2004 12:40 PM