Dressing and acting so feminine during school hours should not have been allowed or accepted. Everybody has the right to be who they want to be; HOWEVER, there are rules we all have to abide by whether we are at home, at school, or at work. Outside of school, would have been perfectly OK for him to "be himself", explore his idenitity, and what not. But not in school.
So in your world, people can be themselves, but only when and where you deem it acceptable.
How, exactly, is that being oneself?
By your "logic," anyone who doesn't fit a standard that *you* deem correct should closet the "offending" part of themselves. Well, I grew up in a community of educated professionals who valued scholastic achievement more than athletic achievement; should the talented athletes at my high school have hidden their abilities? Should the less-intellectual students have accepted taunts (about their low grades and scores) as their lot in life?
What about people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, who probably attended schools where athletics was highly valued? They have literally transformed life as we know it -- yet had they been told, "Don't be yourself during school hours!," the world would never have known their phenomenal contributions.
Sexuality, like intelligence or artistic/athletic ability, IS INBORN. There is no reason -- apart from gross prejudice -- for prohibiting Larry from dressing as he wanted to dress, provided that he obeyed the school's code (which he did!). Prohibit sexual activity on a school campus, yes -- but saying he can't wear earrings and makeup? That's ridiculous.
Your username (gildasparkles) suggests that you're female. If so: Do you want to be told that you can wear only burqas or other sack-like garments that cover you from head to toe? Do you want to be denied a credit card simply because you're female? Prohibited from holding a job while you're pregnant? Prohibited from holding a job at all, prohibited from voting, prohibited from retaining your own property after marriage? (And if you're a man: Do you want to be denied parental leave after your child is born? Do you want to be denied certain jobs that have traditionally been considered "for women only"? Do you want to be stigmatized for being a good cook, or for being a stay-at-home dad while your CEO wife earns the big bucks for the family?) I'm guessing that you don't -- I'm guessing that you enjoy the rights of being yourself in this modern world. Well, every trans or gay or bi person is entitled to the same -- the freedom to be him-/herself without fear of abridged rights or physical harm.
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