When Morehouse College redefined their dress code, it was obvious to most that there was something going on over there.? Not to say that it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but the dress code did nothing to redefine the image of what a “Morehouse Man” is these days.
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Yesterday, Vibe posted an article about the new Morehouse man. Forcing all to take a look inside what was really behind all the hoopla surrounding that dress code issue.
Within the openly Gay community at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, there’s a subgroup: Gender Benders who rock makeup, Marc Jacobs, tote bags, sky-high heels and Beyonce’-style hair weaves.
Can a man of Morehouse be Gay? Absolutely. But can he be a woman?
Meet the Plastics…the group believed to have prompted the controversial dress code announced by leaders of the African-American college last fall.
?I?ve always been into clothes, shoes, hair and everything,? says Diamond, who was born and raised in Providence, R.I. He says there?s a good chance he?ll transition into a woman at some point. ?My mother says I always played dress-up in her clothes, my grandmother?s clothes. I?d even get my brother to do it sometimes. That?s just always been me?pushing the envelope of what I?m supposed to be as a man.?
So does Diamond really consider herself a man? At the question, he groans. ?Yes, I refer to myself as a man, you know, to relieve any confusion. Sometimes people don?t understand the whole androgyny thing. There?s always the question: Well, what are you? Yes, I?m a man. I like women?s clothes. And yeah, I?m gay. But I don?t want that to define me. How come people can?t just see me as a person??
Vibe magazine delivers a provocative article about the Plastics, a group of men who dress as women at the prestigious Morehouse College in Georgia.