I have no idea how to title this post.

[valarltd]

Obi-Wan Chrisobi is my 13 year old.
He's scary smart.
He's a whiz-bang French horn player.
He yearns to conquer the world.

And today he wore a tartan skirt to school and called it a kilt.
He found a white shirt, knee socks and borrowed Bun's black marching band shoes.
He looked very cute.

He said Principal C caught up with him by homeroom and informed him that he had to change for causing a distraction.
I did NOT get a phone-call. Then again, Principal C has BEEN on Activist Dyke Mom's bad side. He does not like it, so he took the path of least resistance.

Obi took off the kilt and wore the shorts he'd put on under it
His friends liked the kilt, and educated everyone that it was NOT a skirt.

Comments

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

Wtf? I assume the kilt conformed to the school dress code in all regards, save for the gender of the kid wearing. The school has no business telling the kid he can't wear it. Down here we've got a kid in our school who wears an honest to God straight from Scotland kilt, with nearly full assemblage. It's nowhere near a distraction (nor are the guys who wear pink bows or carry each other down the hallway between bells).

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Clothing that causes a distraction is considered anything gender non-conforming.

And Principal C has a homophobic streak. I've been around the block with him wrt Bun. He has us pigeon-holed as the "Queer pagan troublemakers." (Jonner and Dollface will be a relief to him)