Skirt or trousers? Mexican gender-neutral school uniform plan creates stir

FILE PHOTO: Mexico City's mayor Claudia Sheinbaum gives her speech before giving the keys to Mexico City to Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the town hall in Mexico City, Mexico January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A proposal to allow children in Mexico City to decide whether to wear skirts or trousers to school has caused a swirl of controversy in a country long regarded as a bastion of Roman Catholic family values.

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City's new leftist mayor, unveiled the "gender-neutral uniform" initiative on Monday to promote gender equality in schools.