Editing Dress code (section)

====Dress code violations====
"Communicative" dress code violations are violations where the clothing has implications of hate, violence, gang-affiliation, etc.<ref name="Herbon, Beth 2000">Herbon, Beth, and Jane E. Workman. "Dress and Appearance Codes in Public Secondary School Handbooks." Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences 92.5 (2000): 68-76.</ref> In cases where dress code rules in public school systems have been violated by non-communicative clothing, courts repeatedly legitimise dress code discrimination based on [[gender]].<ref name="Smith, Natalie 2012">Smith, Natalie. "Eliminating Gender Stereotypes in Public School Dress Codes: The Necessity of Respecting Personal Preference." ''Journal of Law & Education''; 41.1 (2012): 251-60.</ref> Amongst the [[transgender]] populations, gender based dress codes are primarily enforced against individuals who do not yet [[Passing (gender)|pass]].<ref name="Smith, Natalie 2012" />

Violation of dress codes have become a subject of school protests, such as at a high school in Toronto, which had a protest after a student was disciplined for wearing a crop top.<ref>{{cite web | last=Casey | first=Liam | title=Toronto students sport crop tops in protest of dress code | website=CTVNews | date=May 26, 2015 | url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/toronto-students-sport-crop-tops-in-protest-of-dress-code-1.2391992 | access-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref> Students at multiple schools have protested gender discrimination in the application of dress codes.<ref>{{cite web | last=McGowan | first=Emma | title=Meet the Teenage Girls Who Are Taking a Stand Against Slut-Shaming Dress Codes | website=Mic | date=September 1, 2015 | url=https://www.mic.com/articles/126179/meet-the-teenage-girls-who-are-taking-a-stand-against-slut-shaming-dress-codes | access-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref>