Putting on the Ritz

October 28, 2009

Ceara Sturgis, 17, doesn't even own a dress. Sturgis says she's openly gay, and she wants to wear a tuxedo in her high school yearbook senior photograph. But school officials at Wesson Attendance Center in Jackson, Mississippi, say only boys can dress in tuxedos. Sturgis, her family, and the American Civil Liberties Union say they may take the matter to court.

Comments

Thomas|10.28.09 @ 4:07PM|#

Nobody wants to wear a tuxedo.

Dello|10.28.09 @ 5:04PM|#

I LOVE wearing a tux! The key is to have a tux that fits right and looks good on you.

Mine is bespoke, so it does both.

|10.28.09 @ 5:33PM|#

Jeez, if she wants a high-style masculine look, why not dress as a Cheyenne Warrior:

http://www.steelwrangler.com/d.....eyenne.gif

Mango Punch|10.29.09 @ 8:41AM|#

Is that Micheal Jackson?

Carl|10.29.09 @ 1:44AM|#

Tuxedo Hits 4 Jesus.

|10.29.09 @ 11:08AM|#

Sturgis, her family, and the American Civil Liberties Union say they may take the matter to court.

As long as she's not baring breasts or genitalia she should be allowed to wear whwtever the hell she wants including a t shirt that reads "Screw Wesson Attendance Center".

Go for the lawsuit. It may discourage other petty bureaucrats from enacting equally stupid and arbitrary rules.

DADIODADDY|11.1.09 @ 8:33PM|#

Go for the lawsuit. It may discourage other petty bureaucrats from enacting equally stupid and arbitrary rules....there is no force in the universe that powerful

solinox|10.29.09 @ 1:26PM|#

How about a tuxedo top with a skirt bottom? Technically a dress, but the skirt won't show and she'll get the picture she wants.

|10.29.09 @ 2:49PM|#

She WANTS to wear a tux? Gawd, she is gay.

|10.31.09 @ 12:29AM|#

Let's just be real clear about this, Wesson is NOT in Jackson, OK? Wesson is COUNTRY.

|10.31.09 @ 9:00PM|#

This is only a problem because it's a government school.

The Man|11.2.09 @ 4:40AM|#

What kind of school is called an Attendance Center?

othercoast|11.11.09 @ 12:53PM|#

The kind of school where they've stopped pretending that anything matters beyond students showing up so they can be counted for funding purposes.