He wants to trip the light fandango.
Via Daily Mail:
Attorneys for a Wisconsin boy who wants to compete with his high school dance team have filed a federal civil rights complaint after the Minnesota State High School League barred him from championship competition.
The Pacific Legal Foundation filed the complaint Tuesday with the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education, according to The Star Tribune.
It argues that Minnesota’s policy is discriminatory and violates Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal funds.
Fifteen-year-old Kaiden Johnson attends Superior High School in Wisconsin.
The school allows him to dance with the team.
Johnson was told he couldn’t compete with his team in competitions in Minnesota because that state doesn’t allow boys on high school dance teams.
n attorney for the Minnesota league declined comment due to the pending legal matter.
‘The Minnesota league cannot continue to discriminate by banning boys from competitive dancing,’ said Joshua Thompson, a Pacific Legal Foundation attorney on the case.
‘Title IX’s requirement for equal opportunity for all students, regardless of sex, is crystal clear. Schools cannot tell either boys or girls, “you’re the wrong sex, therefore, no dancing for you”.’
Minnesota state law doesn’t permit boys to dance with girls because ‘it is not unfair discriminatory practice to restrict membership on an athletic team to participants of one sex whose overall athletic opportunities have previously been limited.’