A high school tucked in the northeast corner of Thailand is relaxing the public school system’s strict rules to allow teachers and students to choose their uniforms according to their gender identity.
The Sriboonruang Wittayakarn School in Nong Bua Lamphu province is getting props for endorsing a teacher’s preference for trousers instead of long skirts – and extending the same freedom to students.
“The first experience of working while dressed according to one’s gender identity brings a clear sense of liberation,” Thai language teacher Patumporn Jantarak wrote. “The clothes I wear no longer diminish my self-worth, and the more equality there is, the more I can truly be myself.”
News of the change in school dress code spread after Patumporn posted a photo posing in the traditionally male government uniform and thanked the school for approving a…
