Mississippi school prom off after lesbian's date request

afixer · 03-11-2010, 09:48 AM

JACKSON — A northern Mississippi school district decided Wednesday not to host a high school prom after a lesbian student demanded she be able to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

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suebee · 03-11-2010, 09:52 AM

I wonder if a privately hosted prom will be subject to a human rights complaint.

apretty · 03-11-2010, 10:00 AM

I am so proud of Constance McMillen and her date for standing up for themselves--that's doing the hard work.

more info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...031101245.html

Apocalipstic · 03-11-2010, 10:07 AM

2010 and still the same issues as when I was in high school.

NJFemmie · 03-11-2010, 10:20 AM

Wow, now I remember at my senior prom - there were several girls that went together. (This is back in the 80's). Hell, I wish I did!

Granted, they (weren't to my knowledge) lesbians - but - it was no big deal that two girls were each other's dates - and, it was a Catholic High School to boot.

Perhaps if it was announced that they were gay it might have been different - or maybe the fact that homosexuality is tolerated differently up here than in Mississippi, who knows.

Apocalipstic · 03-11-2010, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

Wow, now I remember at my senior prom - there were several girls that went together. (This is back in the 80's). Hell, I wish I did!

Granted, they (weren't to my knowledge) lesbians - but - it was no big deal that two girls were each other's dates - and, it was a Catholic High School to boot.

Perhaps if it was announced that they were gay it might have been different - or maybe the fact that homosexuality is tolerated differently up here than in Mississippi, who knows.

Wayyyyyy differently!

Soon · 03-11-2010, 07:43 PM

I'm really upset by this story!

This is a public school?

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Here's a famous case in Ontario, Canada that made headlines (2002)--in a Catholic school, no less...and justice won.

Excerpt:

Decision: On May 10, Justice Robert McKinnon granted an interlocutory injunction ordering that Hall be allowed to attend the prom with Dumond. The justice also ordered that the school not cancel the prom. He did not decide on the larger issues raised by the case, leaving those to be heard at a later trial. Hall attended the Prom with Dumond that evening. In 2005, Marc Hall dropped the case.

The Hall case in film

Director Larry Peloso created a one-hour documentary on the case entitled Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story. An unrelated television movie, Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story, aired on CTV in 2004 with Aaron Ashmore starring as Hall.
Hall also appeared in the Queer as Folk season 2 finale as a party guest during the Rage party at Babylon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Ha...c_School_Board

key · 03-12-2010, 09:23 AM

Lesbian panic shuts down Mississippi high-school prom

That is the headline to this news story. Lesbian Panic???!!!

Geeezus, what has happened to our country? And why are we standing around letting the Christian Taliban define and rule us?

I am so pissed about this.

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Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,094 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I'm really upset by this story! This is a public school? ------------------------------ Here's a famous case in Ontario, Canada that made headlines (2002)--in a Catholic school, no less...and justice won. Excerpt: Decision: On May 10, Justice Robert McKinnon granted an interlocutory injunction ordering that Hall be allowed to attend the prom with Dumond. The justice also ordered that the school not cancel the prom. He did not decide on the larger issues raised by the case, leaving those to be heard at a later trial. Hall attended the Prom with Dumond that evening. In 2005, Marc Hall dropped the case. The Hall case in film Director Larry Peloso created a one-hour documentary on the case entitled Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story. An unrelated television movie, Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story, aired on CTV in 2004 with Aaron Ashmore starring as Hall. Hall also appeared in the Queer as Folk season 2 finale as a party guest during the Rage party at Babylon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Ha...c_School_Board