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A Queensland girl has taken her school to court, alleging gender-based discrimination for being denied the right to wear pants to school events. However the complaint — which included her statement there was “an extra level of thinking required about the way I move and sit, so as to not expose myself” when wearing a skirt — has been tossed out by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal .
Schoolgirl launches action over ‘sexist’ uniforms policy. The tribunal heard the girl and school, both of which cannot be named for legal reasons, were at odds over the policy requiring female students to wear skirts and male students to wear pants or shorts at “formal school occasions” including “school outings or excursions, school ceremonies and events, class photographs, awards nights and external events”.
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