You are what you wear....

[flowomo]

Texas school district scraps alleged 'cross-dressing' day after parent complains
Tuesday November 16, 2004 By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated Press Writer

"A homecoming tradition in which boys dress like girls and vice versa in a tiny Texas school district won't be held Wednesday after a parent complained about what she regarded as the event's homosexual overtones.
As a substitute for ``TWIRP Day,'' the schools ranging from elementary to senior high decided to hold ``Camo Day'' with black boots and Army camouflage to be worn by everyone who wants to participate.
TWIRP, which stands for ``The Woman Is Requested to Pay,'' was hosted by Spurger schools for years during Homecoming Week to give boys and girls a chance to reverse social roles and let older girls invite boys on dates, open doors and pay for sodas.
Plano-based Liberty Legal Institute issued a news release Tuesday reporting that it ``came to the aid of a concerned parent'' over an ``official cross-dressing day'' in the school district 150 miles northeast of Houston.
``It is outrageous that a school in a small town in east Texas would encourage their 4-year-olds to be cross-dressers,'' Liberty Legal Institute attorneyHiram Sasser said in the release."

http://wcbs880.com/national/SchoolDress-aa/resources_news_html

[I_Deas]

1. ....

i hate america...so stupid...

[newyawker99]

3. HI I_Deas!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[UncleSepp]

2. Camo day?

Why not just make it Brown Shirt Day? Bah. I think the thing I dislike the most about these bigots is that they seem to have no sense of humor. At all. About anything.

[newyawker99]

4. Hi AuntJen!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[laheina]

5. Why so militant?

We had something similar, but our TWIRP was a whole week long. We had pajama day, GQ day, spirit day, and all sorts of other activities that seem more appropriate for a school.

And how is this encouraging kids to be cross dressers?!:nuke:

[DoveTurnedHawk]

6. Fucking. Retarded.

Oh well. I'm now for more local control, so if Spurger, Texas schools decide to do this, then whatever.

:eyes:

DTH

[SoCalDem]

7. In kinder days gone by, we used to have Sadie Hawkins dances

and Senior Sloppy Days.. Halloween was a time when lots of football paylers would dress as cheerleaders and the cheerleaders would dress as football players (for pep rallies)..but there was nothing meanspirited about it.


Sadie Hawkins dances..girl invites boy./