A teen “tomboy” changed the dress code at her high school that required girls to wear dresses at graduation. Lacey Henry, 18, a senior at Cumberland Polytechnic High School in Fayetteville, N.C., ...

Hannah Kozak, 18, told Pennsylvania station KDKA that the initial letter sent out to parents by Norwin High School stated that girls who wear pants to the commencement ceremony should expect to ...

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A transgender Mississippi girl is skipping her high school graduation after administrators demanded the teen dress like a boy for the ceremony — and a federal judge refused to block the order. The ...

A teenager in North Carolina successfully changed her high school’s dress code that prevented girls from wearing pants to their graduation ceremony. Lacey Henry, a senior at Cumberland Polytechnic ...

Graduation dress codes are making headlines as students in several states challenge restrictions that bar them from wearing items of personal, religious, and cultural significance as they accept their ...

Norwin school officials backed down from a standing graduation guideline suggesting senior girls wear dresses under their gowns for the ceremony. Female grads now will be allowed the option of wearing ...

A transgender teen in Mississippi missed her high school graduation after a federal judge denied a motion requesting she be allowed to wear a dress and heels under her robe. The 17-year-old, ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi school district is refusing to let a transgender girl wear a dress and heeled shoes with her graduation cap and gown for high school graduation this weekend, her family ...