Dozens of teen boys at Collège Nouvelles Frontières in Canada wore skirts to school to protest what they say is a sexist dress code.
Nearly 100 male students joined similar protests that have swept through Quebec to highlight the arbitrary dress code imposed on girls – but not boys – and the inherent anti-LGBTQ rationalization behind it.
When Zachary Paulin first told his classmates that he intended to wear a skirt in protest and urged others to join him, he thought about 30 students would join him.
Instead, over 100 classmates came to school wearing a skirt. “I knew that it was going to be a big movement, but not that big of a movement,” he told CBC. “I was pleasantly surprised.” Photos that have gone viral on social media show groups of