High school boy wore dress to prom, fined

[Mechanical Christ]

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin high school senior who thought it would be funny to wear a dress to his prom was fined $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, quoting a police report that said Kerry Lofy, 18, was dancing in a sexually provocative manner at the prom. 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 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 six-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-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.


Source (http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=e07857ea-5cc7-4a60-9b0b-3e91130adee3)

[Holiday]

that is rediculous!

i mean, women can be dressed as men, why cant they wear a dress? its absurd. these authority figures need to get a life and stop meddelling in other people's business. its not like him wearing a dress offended anyone, its not like they were having sex on the dance floor or urinating in the flowers. and if it did offend someone, they need to have a more open mind and less strict genger role rules. the world is changing

im sorry, but i dont think that should be legal. its clearly a disscrimination. at least the way i see it.

[Creep]

that is rediculous!

i mean, women can be dressed as men, why cant they wear a dress? its absurd. these authority figures need to get a life and stop meddelling in other people's business. its not like him wearing a dress offended anyone, its not like they were having sex on the dance floor or urinating in the flowers. and if it did offend someone, they need to have a more open mind and less strict genger role rules. the world is changing

im sorry, but i dont think that should be legal. its clearly a disscrimination. at least the way i see it.

I could not agree any more with you on this. It wasn't harming anybody and his punishment is a mocking of his way of life.

[a life in ashes]

one of my friends is planning to do the same...i personally think its odd to want to dress like that but if people do i think they should be as supported as much as possible, i mean it's probably hard enough for them to come to terms with the fact that they want to cross-dress...

[Jila]

when i went to my 8th grade dance, 2 of my guy friends dressed like girls, dresses and all, and no one said anything.


i think this is absurd and extremely discriminatory. i would sue if i was that guy.

[TeMpEsT]

"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-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."

That's probably why he was fined, but still I don't see why they wouldn't let him into the dance.

[Matt]

Great. When girls wear guys' clothes, they say she's a cute little tomboy, but when a guy wears girls' clothes, they say he's a homosexual. I really don't see what's wrong with dancing like that either. I go to a middle school and seventh graders do that, for God's sake!

[F-ck Casey]

oh my god this is such an outrage. a boy wearing a dress to his prom? AND HE GOT FINED?! NO WAY!

Good. They make dresses for women for a reason. They make pants for both genders for a reason. One is meant for a certain gender, the other isn't.

[+ / –]

Hey, the guy can wear what he wants.

A bunch of guys wore dresses to our dance once.

One of them was an administrator.

[Louis]

That kid is my idol.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Casey@May 19 2005, 08:20 PM
oh my god this is such an outrage. a boy wearing a dress to his prom? AND HE GOT FINED?! NO WAY!

Good. They make dresses for women for a reason. They make pants for both genders for a reason. One is meant for a certain gender, the other isn't.
Good?! Getting fined for wearing a dress is going a little to far. I tihnk it is hilarious that the guy wore a dress. There is no way in hell he should have been punished by getting fined. Its not a crime to wear womens clothing so i tihnk this is bullshit.

[F-ck Casey]

It'll teach him a lesson. You kids these days and you're alternative styles of dressing. What happen to ya'll?

[Ryan]

He was doing it probably as a joke and somewhat of a prank. What happened to people now adays having a sense of humor.

[Louis]

Originally posted by Ryan@May 20 2005, 03:41 AM
He was doing it probably as a joke and somewhat of a prank. What happened to people now adays having a sense of humor.
Why can't people be more loose with life?

[Ryan]

Originally posted by GiriosXeni+May 19 2005, 08:42 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GiriosXeni @ May 19 2005, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Ryan@May 20 2005, 03:41 AM
He was doing it probably as a joke and somewhat of a prank. What happened to people now adays having a sense of humor.
Why can&#39;t people be more loose with life? [/b][/quote]
Loose as in having a sense of humor?

[F-ck Casey]

That&#39;s a joke?

I guess I lost my sense of humour when suddenly it was considered cool or edgy or funny for a guy to wear a dress. I guess I&#39;m alone in this issue. Oh well.

[Louis]

Originally posted by Ryan+May 20 2005, 03:42 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ryan @ May 20 2005, 03:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -GiriosXeni@May 19 2005, 08:42 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Ryan@May 20 2005, 03:41 AM
He was doing it probably as a joke and somewhat of a prank.* What happened to people now adays having a sense of humor.
Why can&#39;t people be more loose with life?
Loose as in having a sense of humor? [/b][/quote]
Yeah.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Casey@May 19 2005, 08:43 PM
That&#39;s a joke?

I guess I lost my sense of humour when suddenly it was considered cool or edgy or funny for a guy to wear a dress. I guess I&#39;m alone in this issue. Oh well.
Well come on, I mean I would call the guy an idiot but i would also laugh at the situation.

[F-ck Casey]

I&#39;d slap him in the face with a plunger.

[finality]

Originally posted by Casey@May 20 2005, 03:43 AM
That&#39;s a joke?

I guess I lost my sense of humour when suddenly it was considered cool or edgy or funny for a guy to wear a dress. I guess I&#39;m alone in this issue. Oh well.
You aren&#39;t alone.

Girls shouldn&#39;t dress like guys, either. I don&#39;t really see the difference. :wth:

[Ryan]

Originally posted by Casey@May 19 2005, 08:48 PM
I&#39;d slap him in the face with a plunger.
that would be a waste of a plunger

[Louis]

Originally posted by Ryan+May 20 2005, 03:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ryan @ May 20 2005, 03:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Casey@May 19 2005, 08:48 PM
I&#39;d slap him in the face with a plunger.
that would be a waste of a plunger [/b][/quote]
Damn straight.

[Razan]

Isn&#39;t it like a Senior prank, last week my brother and his friends set chickens loose around the school as a senior prank and they didn&#39;t get into trouble...
It&#39;s his last prom, let him dress as anything he wants, it&#39;s fucking ridiculous to fine him. Stupid.

[+ / –]

Originally posted by finality@May 19 2005, 09:52 PM
Girls shouldn&#39;t dress like guys, either. I don&#39;t really see the difference. :wth:
Yes&#33; Let&#39;s ban pants and shorts and let the women go back to all wearing dresses&#33;

[Tomi]

Originally posted by Casey@May 19 2005, 09:43 PM
That&#39;s a joke?

I guess I lost my sense of humour when suddenly it was considered cool or edgy or funny for a guy to wear a dress. I guess I&#39;m alone in this issue. Oh well.
No, you&#39;re not alone...my humour killed itself about that. :mellow:

[Arashi]

Originally posted by Minus Xero@May 20 2005, 08:29 AM
One of them was an administrator.
:lol:

[Tom]

hum women can dress as men but men cant dress as women without getting fined hum

[F-ck Casey]

Originally posted by nukefish@May 20 2005, 11:10 AM
hum women can dress as men but men cant dress as women without getting fined hum
They make pants and suits and all that good shit for women, but they don&#39;t make male dresses.

[Holiday]

Originally posted by Minus Xero+May 19 2005, 09:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Minus Xero @ May 19 2005, 09:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--finality@May 19 2005, 09:52 PM
Girls shouldn&#39;t dress like guys, either. I don&#39;t really see the difference. :wth:
Yes&#33; Let&#39;s ban pants and shorts and let the women go back to all wearing dresses&#33; [/b][/quote]
woohoo&#33; lets regress 80 years&#33; who needs equal rights anyway?








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grr this is all because we live in an incredibly homophobic nation. why dont ppl mind thier own business and let ppl live and dress how they want?

[Evan™]

lol..i think this is all funny shit...but the punsihment is a bit extreme..

[Dr. Octogonapus]

That&#39;s nothing. At my school if you&#39;re a senior and you don&#39;t go to prom or leave prom early, you aren&#39;t allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies.

And 5 kids got suspended on Wednesday for having a water balloon fight outside.

[ChooseYourPoison]

Sorry, this just proves the theory on "Wisconsin sucks" even more. :mellow: