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William769

(55,147 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2012, 07:52 PM Mar 2012

Asante Cotman, Gay Student, Allegedly Suspended For Wearing High Heels To School (VIDEO)

Asante Cotman, a 17-year-old junior at Charles City High School in Charles City County, Va., says he was suspended for three days after refusing an order from school officials to take off a pair of high heels he was wearing, WWBT-TV reports.

Cotman told the station he was ordered to take off the shoes because they were "disrupting the school."

"I wore this jacket right here and my white shirt and my scarf and a pair of cargo pants and the heels," Cotman told WWBT. "I didn't see how it was bothering anyone. I wasn't revealing nothing."

The station's first report elicited heated response, prompting the WWBT crew followed up with Cotman, who told reporters he hopes the discussion will spark changes at the high school.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/asante-cotman-gay-student_n_1321329.html

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Asante Cotman, Gay Student, Allegedly Suspended For Wearing High Heels To School (VIDEO) (Original Post) William769 Mar 2012 OP
WTF is wrong with this society. Initech Mar 2012 #1

Initech

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1. WTF is wrong with this society.
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 03:56 PM
Mar 2012

I don't get why women can wear literally whatever they want, but if a guy wears, say a skirt or a pair of high heels it's like forbidden by society. I just don't get it.

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