Same-sex prom dates and cross-dressing are new issues for many high schools around the country, said Daryl Presgraves, a spokesman for GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a Washington-based advocacy group.
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The ACLU said the district not letting McMillen wear a tuxedo violated her free expression rights. The decision came after the American Civil Liberties Union told officials a policy banning same-sex prom dates violated students’ rights. The district announced Wednesday it wouldn’t host the April 2 prom. “The fact that this will help people later on, that’s what’s helping me to go on.” “My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I’m still proud of who I am,” McMillen told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.Ĭonstance McMillen said she didn’t want to go back the day after the Itawamba County school board’s decision, but her father told her she needed to face her classmates, teachers and school officials. Prom canceled over girl’s plan for same-sex date – The Mercury News
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