Lesbian High School Student Told She Can't Wear Tuxedo In Yearbook

[Annie]

When I graduated we wore anything we wanted. My sisters are a little younger and they both wore drapes. I wished for a long time that we had done that because I thought it made them look so glamorous. Now I find that many of you think the drapes look bad. I guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[chemcopout]

i think people should be allowed to wear whatever they want (not naked though) in their high school yearbook photos and photos. back when i was in school the guys had to wear a tux and the girls had that dickies/hair cut throw over looking thing. needless to say i refused to get a pic taken. i'd rather not be remembered for looking like a clone!

 

[BuzzieCat]

Haha, I worried about that my senior year. Not because we had to be naked under it, but we had to pull our bra straps down!! LOL. My mother took me to a professional photographer instead of letting the school take the pictures. I still wore the drape, but didn't have to prance out in front of all the senior girls and boys with...my straps pulled down. I can't believe I was such a prude.

I don't think you were so unreasonable. Pulling your straps down would leave no support for the chest area. I wouldn't care to go out in public with no support!

We wore whatever we wanted for our senior pictures; I never heard of this drape business. I may have seen pictures like this and just assumed it was a dress. Seems kind of weird, a fake dress. Now what I'm wearing in my senior picture looks bad and dated, but at least it's what I picked out at the time. :blushing:

 

[panthera]

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If they're female and got kids who are male or vice versa, the thing to do is to have a really awed look on your face, eyes wide open, and say, in an awed voice, "OHMYGOSH, you've got a son! I've no idea how you can relate to him because he's a male and you're not."

That is priceless!!! :clap:

 

[panthera]

What really gets me about this whole thing is how little progress we've really made that every female in the senior class has to have this "glam/bare shoulder shot" and there's no individuality. I'd like to know, just how many parents have a photo of their glamorized daughter on the mantle with another photo of her just a few months later in taken in Iraq wearing desert camouflage! My point is this isn't the attire all girls are comfortable in, or being photographed in. MOO

 

[Donjeta]

How about everybody just supplies their latest mugshot for the yearbook?

:crazy:

 

[chesterp]

How about everybody just supplies their latest mugshot for the yearbook?

:crazy:

I think that is hilarious....great post.

 

[smart blonde]

Donjeta...

( I tried to multi-quote both of your posts here, but for some reason I can't do it)?

I had barely stopped laughing from your first post and then you had to go and post the second!

I just need to let you know how much I love you!
:blowkiss:

 

[mysterygirl]

I'm going to be really honest...

I don't have a problem with this girl not wanting to wear that drape. It's is surprisingly revealing and some just don't feel comfortable with such a large area of chest revealed or feminine attire.

Now here is the tricky part. I would feel less comfortable if a guy wanted to wear the drape for the photo. Say the guy was a crossdresser....whatever.

What would happen is that people would start to do this as a way to mock, if that makes sense. So in a way I can see how the school want to stick to rules. But the solution would be to make everyone wear the same thing, like your grad. gown or something basic....

 

[Deborah1012]

I respect her so much for the fact she isn't hiding who she is. My DD dated a homosexual pretending to be straight. The confusion she had about his actions were a learning experience for her but were also very stressful for her. How much more I would have respected him if he had been true to who he is and didn't pretend otherwise. It's very hard to respect someone who thinks he's getting away with fooling people, but much worse that he's fooling himself. So kudos to this girl.

 

[Deborah1012]

What really gets me about this whole thing is how little progress we've really made that every female in the senior class has to have this "glam/bare shoulder shot" and there's no individuality. I'd like to know, just how many parents have a photo of their glamorized daughter on the mantle with another photo of her just a few months later in taken in Iraq wearing desert camouflage! My point is this isn't the attire all girls are comfortable in, or being photographed in. MOO

I agree. The senior class at our high school gets to choose the photo they want in the yearbook. Some are posing with their musical instruments, some have even posed with their car and they get to choose what they wear and all have chosen appropriately. It lets all the students show their individuality and interests and is so much less boring than everyone wearing the same thing which doesn't necessarily look good on each person.