Non-binary Nashville student barred from senior prom for wearing a suit: 'Will not compromise' on femininity
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A student posted on Instagram Sunday that Nashville Christian School barred them from attending the senior prom based on the choice to wear a suit instead of a dress. The 18-year-old student B Hayes, who identifies as non-binary, wrote an Instagram post featuring Hayes wearing a suit while holding a sign reading "they wouldn’t let me in because I’m in a suit." "[M]y senior prom was today and [I] wasn’t allowed in the doors because [I] was wearing a suit. [I] should not have to conform to femininity to attend...
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