Boys and Girls Wear Skirts In Support Of Transgender Student

I was just reading that the pro-same-sex-marriage pendulum might start swinging back the other way, which is something I always suspected. As a new idea becomes more popular, more accepted, more right, those people who’ve been against it, but said nothing, suddenly start speaking up.

Now, that doesn’t mean that the march is over, that the march has halted, it just means we need to continue to work, and work harder and stronger and smarter. And when I think about that, and then find stories like this one, my passion is renewed, my urge to fight grows stronger ….

At birth Mario Muniz was assigned the male gender, but has since come to identify as a female, even changing her name to Maria Muniz. And because it never felt right, she never felt like her true self, in that assigned gender, she began dressing in the gender that best fits her identity. Her decision, however, was not welcomed by the teachers at the Pedro II School, in Rio de Janeiro, who fined her and ordered her to wear trousers in future.

Fined; for the crime of wearing a skirt to school.

But they would have neither the last word, nor the last laugh about the situation, because a group of students, both female and male, decided to protest the fine … by wearing skirts to school. And soon after the protest, a picture of the students wearing skirts began to make its way through social media, with the hashtag, #VouDeSaia, or The Skirt, with thousands of people around the world voicing their support for Maria Muniz.

"For me, wearing a skirt was about expressing my freedom over who I am inside and not how society sees me. I am really happy about the way my classmates supported me and hope it serves as an example to others to feel encouraged to do the right thing. I was always taught at school to accept who you are. I am only trying to live that." — Maria Muniz

It’s a shame her teachers and the officials at school didn’t see that, didn’t learn that, though, after the protest, and probably after news of the protest went viral, the principal at Pedro II has announced that the school will rethink its dress code.

Maybe everyone should wear skirts? 

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Jack Thorne Comes Out

High school swimming star, Jack Thorne, who has two 4A state titles in the 100m backstroke and one state title in the 100m fly, with the Colorado 4A high school record in the 100m backstroke, has come out as gay hoping his story will help and inspire other gay athletes.

“I've spent months trying to figure out how to do this, when to do this and I've realized there's never going to be the perfect time to say what I want to say. But there's no time like the present.

I'm gay.

Some of you already know, and for some of you this may come as a surprise. Nothing has changed, I'm still the same Jack, the same Jack you race, the same Jack who you carpool with, the same Jack screaming for you on the side of the pool. This doesn't define me, I'm not gay Jack, I'm just Jack. Being gay happens to be one of many things that make me who I am, it's not what defines me and I won't let it define me.”

Welcome out, Jack. Being gay is not a definition of a person any more than being tall, or blue-eyed, or athletic. It’s just a piece of the puzzle of a person. But coming out as gay, that’s a big deal, and doing so in high school is an even greater source of pride.

Hopefully no one will define you as “the gay swimmer” but will instead think of you as a swimmer who is gay. It’s a subtle difference, yes, but it is a difference.

So, welcome out Jack, and please accept as our gift to you, from HOMO HQ, the Obligatory Coming Out Toaster Oven and your own copy of The Gay Agenda.

Welcome out.

Read Jack's Coming Out letter at OutSports