Male Student Suspended & FINED For Wearing Prom Dress & Wig

[matcom]

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A high school senior who thought it would be funny to wear a dress to his prom was ticketed $249 for disorderly conduct, suspended for three days and banned from his last track meet.

School district administrator Jim Gottinger said the discipline was for more than just the dress, noting Kerry Lofy, 18, was dancing in a sexually provocative manner at the prom, according to a police report.

Lofy doubts that was the real reason he was disciplined Monday.

"The whole night was that kind of dancing. They can't single me out and say, 'Oh it was you, it was only you,'" he said. "I think it's over the dress."

Lofy said Lake Geneva Badger High had no problem letting him go to Saturday's prom with another male, but that school officials drew the line at his dress.

"I thought it would be more appropriate for there to be one person dressed like a girl and a person dressed like a guy, than for there to be two guys to go," said Lofy, a member of the school's track, ski, powerlifting and soccer teams.

Also, he thought people would find it funny to see a 6-foot, 185-pound male in a black, stretchy, spaghetti-strap dress.

When Lofy showed up in the dress, a blond wig, open-toed platform sandals, blue earrings and a necklace, teachers turned him away. He said he showed up later with a tan-and-black plaid leisure suit over the dress, went inside and whipped off the suit during a dance-off. A security guard escorted him out, he said.

Lofy said when he went to school Monday, the school liaison police officer issued the disorderly conduct ticket.

"They thought I was mocking the school," he said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/05/11/national/a161125D68.DTL

[NorthernSpy]

1. I don't see fining the kid...

... but he really shouldn't have tried to make the prom -- everyone's big event -- all about him. What's the joy in causing a scene?

Reminds me of that twit who showed up at her school's prom wearing her homemade confederate flag dress -- after being told not to. She was made to leave too.

[ret5hd]

2. hardly the same... a dress is not a symbol of hate...

and in reality, the administration is the party that made it "all about him". if they'd have ignored it, well...

[NorthernSpy]

7. I'm objecting to his obnoxious, bratty, attention-grabbing behavior...

He was selfish and inconsiderate of other people's desire to have a peaceful and pleasant evening. That's what bothers me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. I hope he gets the ACLU to help out and gets the administration

into a lot of trouble.

That's fucking bullshit.

[Shell Beau]

4. That is stupid. Every school

has a class clown. Big deal! I can't believe they made a big deal over this. Worry about the problems that really matter. I am sure he wasn't the only one dirty dancing, I mean these are teenagers.

[underpants]

5. It sounds like he put a lot of time into this

Jeebus christ let the kids have some damned fun.

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. Somehow, this must be Bush's fault.

Next thing you know, he'll be on "summer vacation" in the gulag. :P

[One_Life_To_Give]

8. Need to see the outfit

to form an opinion on this.
If he really put the effort in to look good in the outfit, then shame on the school for this sexist crap. But if he showed up in a cheap haloween costume?

[KitchenWitch]

9. Does not surprise me at all

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is smack dab in the middle of one of the more conservative areas in Wisconsin.