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School Bans Student Tony Zamazal from Wearing Dress, Heels, Wig to Senior Prom (Video)
Tony Zamazal, a teen who goes to Spring High School in Texas, is fighting for the right to go to his prom dressed in a long red dress, heels and a curly blonde wig (video below).
According to KHOU-TV, when Zamazal told an assistant principal of his plans, the teen was told he could not go to the prom in female clothes.
"He told me it just wasn’t in the dress code. [He said] women wore dresses, and men wore tuxedos," Zamazal told KHOU-TV. "It’s not okay to just tell people, they can’t be the way that they are. It’s not just a choice of the way you look. It’s more of who you are."
"If I do get to go as a woman, I will be ecstatic. If I don’t, it would be devastating, because I put myself out there."
A Spring Independent School District spokeswoman told KHOU-TV that Zamazal can fight the decision by taking his request up with the Spring High School principal.
Source: KHOU-TV
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I'm not sure if this young
I'm not sure if this young man is a crossdresser or if he is transgender. If he is transgender, he may find support from the ACLU should the school not allow him to dress in the feminine apparel.
According to the ACLU website, "federal courts that have considered the issue more recently (e.g., the Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuits, covering Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee as well as the West Coast states, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Nevada) have found some protections in the 1964 Civil Rights Act for transgender people."
Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and 108 citizens including Louisville and Nashville have passed laws prohibiting gender identity discrimination, laws that apply to employment, housing, public places, and schools.
Hopefully someone who knows him and cares about his issues will advise him he may have recourse should the school not acquiesce to his request.
http://www.aclu.org/hiv-aids_lgbt-rights/know-your-rights-transgender-people-and-law