18 year old Prom King wears skirt and crop top to prom

[fabulouslyghetto]

The only thing stopping you borrowing her shoes is you. And possibly your shoe size, women's dress shoes are narrower than sneakers and most men are unprepared for uncomfortable footwear.

There's a lovely pair of mary janes I can recommend, however, from LL Bean. Very comfy.

I hope you're not recommending a pair of flats, we talked about this. I keed I keed.

 

[johaninsc]

A lot of closed-mindedness from the older crowd who get extra snarky when a younger gay person has the courage they never had and the freedom to express himself as he pleases. We get it. Life was hard so you married a woman and had kids or dated women to blend in and now you look ridiculous going to trendy night clubs at age 43 looking out of place as fuck in your ill-fitting jeans and flannel. Let the young people have their fun, he looked good and it can ONLY be celebrated that we have a school that is taking a positive stance on a male student wearing a dress AND his classmates are embracing him. If you can get over yourselves for a minute that's the sound of a glass ceiling being shattered.

 

[luckynumbah7]

I hope you're not recommending a pair of flats, we talked about this. I keed I keed.

It depends on the heel. Boots with a low-or-no arch between the heel-and-toe, in other words, or solid platforms. Solid being key. The cane length depends on your height for how far it reaches in front of you, significantly high shoes can fuck up your general navigation when the info is now a step and a half instead of, say, 3. It's supposed to be two but I mosey more than anything. My ankles tend to roll and I've already broken a foot once, I don't need the quintessential high heel to encourage foot issues, let alone breakage.

While I've a habit of skirts in scorching weather I usually avoid heels that aren't in a boot format. And those I usually wear with pants in any case.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I forgot to mention that of all places this happened in the notoriously religious bible belt. My initial assumption was this was Cali or the midwest or the east coast, nah this was smack dab in the middle of Jesus country, not too far from where a few years ago "gay panic defense" was accepted as legit defense in a hate crime attack that resulted in death. I'm happy for him and for our culture as a whole, I hope younger LGBT hear about this and feel a little less out-of-place.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

It depends on the heel. Boots with a low-or-no arch between the heel-and-toe, in other words, or solid platforms. Solid being key. The cane length depends on your height for how far it reaches in front of you, significantly high shoes can fuck up your general navigation when the info is now a step and a half instead of, say, 3. It's supposed to be two but I mosey more than anything. My ankles tend to roll and I've already broken a foot once, I don't need the quintessential high heel to encourage foot issues, let alone breakage.

While I've a habit of skirts in scorching weather I usually avoid heels that aren't in a boot format. And those I usually wear with pants in any case.

wearing boots outside the pants is ridiculously hot. A good thigh-high boot over some jeans and I gets to sweatin.

 

[luckynumbah7]

wearing boots outside the pants is ridiculously hot. A good thigh-high boot over some jeans and I gets to sweatin.

If only I could find a thigh boot. I have the calves of a wrestler, it's fucking hell to find anything that goes 'round that, let alone up farther in my shoe size.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

If only I could find a thigh boot. I have the calves of a wrestler, it's fucking hell to find anything that goes 'round that, let alone up farther in my shoe size.

Alicia Keys had the same problem when she was shopping for a Grammy outfit on MTV Diary back before they completely stopped playing music altogether.

 

[Dominus]

Attention ho.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Attention ho.

Mad that somebody else is getting it?

 

[NotHardUp1]

There's a big difference between out and proud and turning in a high school prom into a sleeze contest.

Proms have had a long tradition of just being a night for formal dress up, not for excess. A guy could wear ass chaps, although be turned away. And it's not about him being gay, if he is, or cross dressing. It's just as bad if worn by a woman.

It's not really the place for show and tell. Commencement isn't either. Recently there have been a lot of graduation exercises ruined by pranks and stunts and self-centered behaviors by both graduates and families.

Education is a serious accomplishment for many. Treating it with dignity and respect isn't pearl clutching or Victorian. It's simple courtesy. My cousin graduated from a university with a degree, and the ceremony became a farce with graduates taping idiot messages atop their mortars and with beach balls being cast about the graduates on the arena floor during the service.

Being out doesn't mean being an attention whore. This attire would be just as unwelcome at a funeral or a wedding. It isn't about expression one self. It's about standing out and being a diva. Normal group social events are not about that. They are about the event.

As long as crap like this passes for empowerment, backlash from society will be earned, as it is not welcome behavior, not just by straights, but by out gays who simply don't share the anarchist bent. Anything goes because you feel like it is an anti-social more, and shouldn't be accepted.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

A lot of closed-mindedness from the older crowd who get extra snarky when a younger gay person has the courage they never had and the freedom to express himself as he pleases. We get it. Life was hard so you married a woman and had kids or dated women to blend in and now you look ridiculous going to trendy night clubs at age 43 looking out of place as fuck in your ill-fitting jeans and flannel. Let the young people have their fun, he looked good and it can ONLY be celebrated that we have a school that is taking a positive stance on a male student wearing a dress AND his classmates are embracing him. If you can get over yourselves for a minute that's the sound of a glass ceiling being shattered.

True, so many jealous girls.

Also people assuming he is looking for attention, which I see this a lot when it comes to a topic like this that catches wind with the media. Just because a story like this gets to the media doesn't mean this kids intentions were to seek attention, why do people assume this? This could be something he does regularly, nobody knows him. Brings me to my next point, why are people that don't know him or go to this school have a problem with it? Clearly the students didn't when they voted him Prom King.

At the end of the day he dressed within the schools dress code, so there doesn't seem to be a reason to be upset here. He's a male, who dressed up as a woman and that's all there is to it. It doesn't do any harm to anyone, outside of their own insecurities and sensibilities.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

As long as crap like this passes for empowerment, backlash from society will be earned, as it is not welcome behavior, not just by straights, but by out gays who simply don't share the anarchist bent. Anything goes because you feel like it is an anti-social more, and shouldn't be accepted.

What an awful statement. Just because something was done in bad taste (in this case it wasn't) doesn't justify bigoted backlash from adults to an 18 year who went to prom the way he wanted to. This is a part of the problem, because we justify bigotry in instances of things we don't like or agree with. It's not welcomed behavior to you maybe, and anarchist bent?? Bit dramatic, me thinks.

I understand teenagers do some shit that make all of us roll are eyes, but Drag is nothing new, it's harmless and always has been. People need to move on if Drag is still some sort of statement to you and not someone who just enjoys doing it. And by the way people don't have a problem with someone making a statement, only when that someone makes a statement they don't like. So using that as a form of criticism doesn't work when it lies in the same bed with ones hypocrisy. This a general statement, so no one should take that last bit personally.

 

[rareboy]

What an awful statement. Just because something was done in bad taste (in this case it wasn't) doesn't justify bigoted backlash from adults to an 18 year who went to prom the way he wanted to. This is a part of the problem, because we justify bigotry in instances of things we don't like or agree with. It's not welcomed behavior to you maybe, and anarchist bent?? Bit dramatic, me thinks.

I understand teenagers do some shit that make all of us roll are eyes, but Drag is nothing new, it's harmless and always has been. People need to move on if Drag is still some sort of statement to you and not someone who just enjoys doing it. And by the way people don't have a problem with someone making a statement, only when that someone makes a statement they don't like. So using that as a form of criticism doesn't work when it lies in the same bed with ones hypocrisy. This a general statement, so no one should take that last bit personally.

Repeated for emphasis.

 

[mikey3000]

Simply an attention whore.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

Good for him.
Who ever make negative comments should show themselves if they are as brave as the the prom king and to avoid being called cowards.

Let it be known that Telstra was the first to lay down the positivity in this thread.

 

[TickTockMan]

I bet their are a lot of guys in here with beautiful lawns.

 

[peeonme]

I bet their are a lot of guys in here with beautiful lawns.

Just stay off of my grass!

Laying aside allegations of seeking attention as we really have no idea as to what his motive was (I think he likes dressing that way) I am
happy that his class mates were so accepting of him. I often wonder if our world leaders should ever drop the macho persona maybe even
go a little gender neutral in their dress if the world might see fewer wars.

 

[Kahaih]

. . . .

. . . if our world leaders should ever drop the macho persona . . ..

Hillary may have at least gotten herself a few more votes.

 

[Dominus]

There's a big difference between out and proud and turning in a high school prom into a sleeze contest.

Proms have had a long tradition of just being a night for formal dress up, not for excess. A guy could wear ass chaps, although be turned away. And it's not about him being gay, if he is, or cross dressing. It's just as bad if worn by a woman.

It's not really the place for show and tell. Commencement isn't either. Recently there have been a lot of graduation exercises ruined by pranks and stunts and self-centered behaviors by both graduates and families.

Education is a serious accomplishment for many. Treating it with dignity and respect isn't pearl clutching or Victorian. It's simple courtesy. My cousin graduated from a university with a degree, and the ceremony became a farce with graduates taping idiot messages atop their mortars and with beach balls being cast about the graduates on the arena floor during the service.

Being out doesn't mean being an attention whore. This attire would be just as unwelcome at a funeral or a wedding. It isn't about expression one self. It's about standing out and being a diva. Normal group social events are not about that. They are about the event.

As long as crap like this passes for empowerment, backlash from society will be earned, as it is not welcome behavior, not just by straights, but by out gays who simply don't share the anarchist bent. Anything goes because you feel like it is an anti-social more, and shouldn't be accepted.

I agree with this 100%.

If the kid really just wanted to be out and proud, he could have dressed in a Tux or a normal prom dress. Why did he have to dress like a prostitute to the prom? It was never about being out and proud for him. Attention whoring by ruining prom for everyone else.

And if he pulls the same stunt at graduation, then he will have ruined such a momentous event for everyone else as well.

I have always hated people who cause a scene.

 

[rareboy]

^ If it wasn't for a whole lot of queens causing scenes back in the 70's sweetheart, you would be still hiding in your closet.

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Let it be known that Telstra was the first to lay down the positivity in this thread.

It deserves pointing out.