Posted on 02/21/2010 10:17:33 PM PST by pissant
Schools that force girls to wear skirts as part of their official uniform are discriminating against transsexuals, a British watchdog claims.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission says schools may be breaking the law if they continue to make skirts compulsory, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reports.
The commission has even threatened "costly legal action" if uniform rules are not changed.
In a report commissioned by the British government, the watchdog found that "requiring pupils to wear gender-specific clothes is potentially unlawful".
"Pupils born female with gender dysphoria experienced great discomfort being forced to wear stereotypical girls’ clothes — for example a skirt," the report says.
But some schools have already dismissed the commission's findings as silly.
"The message is: not in my school — we’re sticking with our skirts," King Edward VI Handsworth school head teacher Elspeth Insch told the newspaper.
The 68-page report was commissioned by deputy PM Harriet Harman to investigate the human rights of transsexuals.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.ninemsn.com.au ...
It’s not a skirt. It’s a Kilt.
Let’s don’t be bigoted and limit this unfairness to the genitally mutilated and the GIDs (gender identity disordered), let’s extend this outrage to include discrimination against pedophiles, beastophiles, and necrophiles. Can’t we all just be more tolerant?? SARC
Speaking as a woman who believes she is a woman,skirts/dresses can be a pain to deal with,especially when getting out of certain cars,trucks,etc.I’ll wear them,though,’cause that’s what we girls do.Perhaps the worst garment for women is pantyhose. I hate it when a brand new pair gets a run in them!That and they can get very itchy.The other women here know what I’m talking about.
There'll always be an England.
LOL!!
Marriage: the union of a woman who believes she is a woman to a man who believes he is a man...
What's that, sexual global warming?
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