Wiggin' out: Area girl boy suspended over hair piece

A Houston-area high school senior says he, or maybe it's she, is being discriminated against 'cause she, there we go again, HE likes to dress as a girl.

O’Rhonde Chapman, 17, (Pictured left via KHOU-TV) was born with all of the parts normally associated with boys, but doesn't feel all that manly.

"But Monday was the first time Chapman wore a wig and stiletto heels to school. The principal told him to change his clothing or go home. Chapman was told he was in violation of the school’s dress code policy."

The school says this has nothing to do with discrimination, but rather an inability to follow the school dress code.

Unless the wearing of TACKY purple heels is in the handbook, than this is kinda, sorta discrimination. Is he/she a distraction? To some. Like our recent post about the Hardin County boy whose hair was too long, this all comes down to a wig.

"The Aldine ISD dress code states that the hair length for boys cannot extend below the bottom of a shirt collar. It also reveals that wigs are not acceptable as a cover-up for hair not meeting the dress code."

Apparently, the hair beneath his wig conforms to school standards, and the school has no rules about wig length (they can't think of EVERYTHING).

This is all a question of independence. High school kids are experimenting with their looks, personalities, mannerisms...everything. It's like a giant "who am I" laboratory. So this kid likes to wear pumps to school, who doesn't. Unless he's hiding drugs under that wig, kicking him out of class will only get school administrators served. With a lawsuit, that is.

(Gator's note: We anxiosly await FF's Port Arthur, cross-dressing hookers retort at any moment. These kids are, after all, getting that high school degree for something).