- 22 June - Guardian: Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against 'no shorts' policy
- 22 June - New Statesman: Cheer the Exeter boys in skirts, but we'll have real progress when it's no longer news
- 22 June - BBC: Boys at Exeter academy wear skirts in uniform protest
- 22 June - BBC: Why men who can't wear shorts are wearing skirts instead
- 22 June - BBC Radio 4: PM - At 52:58, has a report about the boys in Devon wearing skirts to school. Includes a live interview of yours truly.
- 23 June - Metro: Let’s scrap gender uniform lists and let men and boys wear skirts
- 23 June - Metro: Get your legs out for the lasses: Why men in skirts are manly AF
- 23 June - Guardian: Exeter school’s uniform resolve melts after boys’ skirt protest
- 23 June - Newsweek: Gender Politics: Why Men Are Claiming the Skirt
- 25 June - Financial Times: Why do men wear men’s clothing? The big question at Thom Browne
- 26 June - New York Times: Lessons From the Great Male Skirt Rebellion of 2017
- 27 June - Huffington Post: Men Used To Wear Skirts: What Happened?
- 27 June - Inc: These Men in Skirts and Dresses Protested Workplace Dress Codes. Lo and Behold, They Won
- 28 June - New York Post: Man skirts are happening again
- 30 June - New York Times: Maya Weave Their Identity Into Their Soccer Team
- 30 June - Sputnik: 'Hot' Swedish Bus Driver Puts on Skirt to Protest Uniform Regulations (original SVT article in Swedish: Busschauffören Göran fick inte ha shorts – nu kör han i kjol)
June 2017 news roundup
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June 2017 news roundup
There was an avalanche of men's skirt media attention at the end of June. Most of these have already been discussed here, but I wanted to put together a list:
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Re: June 2017 news roundup
Impressive, isn't it? More than one story too which is good.