Students graduating from Glastonbury High School will wear the same color of gowns regardless of gender, for the first time in more than 60 years.
The Hartford Courant reports that school principal Nancy Bean changed the longtime policy of blue or black gowns for males and white gowns for females after a meeting with members of the school's Gay Straight Alliance Club.
Bean said students and teachers who supported the change thought the tradition was antiquated and the school wanted to move away from defining gender through colors.
The tradition dates to at least 1949 and continued through 2015 with only one exception. The class of 1950 voted to wear blue caps and gowns.
All students will wear blue gowns with white sashes at the graduation ceremony in June.
