Male student suspended for wearing nail polish at Texas high school
ABILENE, Texas (KTXS/Meredith) — Remember school dress codes? They’re still a thing, and one student in Texas is taking a suspension to show his school’s rules haven’t kept up with the times.
Clyde High School senior Trevor Wilkinson made a post on snapchat. He was in tears and showing his middle finger during a bathroom break from in school suspension.
“Oh yes, I was bawling my eyes out,” he said.
Wilkinson said he was put in suspension after he showed up to school Monday with his fingernails polished. He said he is being unfairly punished by the Clyde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) for painting his nails.
“It is a complete double-standard because girls are allowed to have any form of nails they want, and honestly they can express themselves in any way they want,” he said.
For male students, the school district’s handbook says “Makeup and nail polish are prohibited.”
The handbook also says that the student “will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school, if not corrected the student may be assigned to in-school suspension.”
Wilkinson started an online petition calling for the school to change the policy, garnering thousands of signatures so far. He wrote: “I am a gay male and I’m beyond proud. This is unjust and not okay.”
“You can express yourself in whatever way you please, and that you don’t need to conform to gender norms.”
Clyde CISD declined an on-camera interview, but released a statement to local news outlet KTXS.
“The district appreciates the feedback and input on this issue received from members of the community, and will take this into consideration when it conducts its annual review later this school year,” the statement read.
According to Wilkinson, the principal of Clyde High School told him he had three options. He could enter into virtual learning or he could remove his nail polish and come back to school.
His third option would be to remain in in-school suspension and keep his nails.
“…and that’s exactly what I’m doing,” Wilkinson said.
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