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Dressing the part.


Kerry Lofy thought it would be funny when he put on a black spaghetti-strap dress and attended his high school prom as his gay friend's date. But school officials at Badger High in Lake Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva.
, Wis., weren't amused a·muse  
tr.v. a·mused, a·mus·ing, a·mus·es
1. To occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion.

2.
.

They suspended the straight 18-year-old senior and ticketed him $249 for disorderly conduct disorderly conduct

Conduct likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, fighting in a public place, blocking public ways, and making threats.
 after he was allegedly seen dancing in a sexually provocative manner at the May 7 event.

"Things got a little crazy," Lofy says, adding that the school had no problem with same-sex couples A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same gender who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together.

The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known.
 attending the dance, while admitting they had drawn a line at men wearing dresses.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 21, 2005
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