Mississippi School Cancels Prom Rather than Allow Same-Sex Couple to Attend « HRC Back Story
March 11, 2010 12:00PM
Michael Cole
This post is from HRC Youth and Campus Outreach Associate Director Candace Gingrich-Jones:
A high school in Mississippi has decided that they will cancel the prom entirely rather than allow a same-sex couple to attend. This isn’t an unusual occurrence, unfortunately – particularly in the south we have seen schools try to limit the visibility and participation of queer students. Most of the times the schools realize (read: are told to do the right thing) their error and make amends. Just last year the same situation arose at a high school in neighboring Alabama, when Cynthia Stewart wanted to bring her female date to the prom at Tharptown High. The ACLU again got involved, sent a demand letter and the school district reversed their earlier decision.
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