Nstance McMillen's 'prom again, off again' fight for the right to party. Constance McMillen may be too exhausted to enjoy her high school prom tomorrow night – assuming she finally gets to go – after another week of controversy in the rural Mississippi town of Fulton.
McMillen is a lesbian who asked to bring her date, another female student at Itawamba Agricultural High School, to the senior prom, and wear a tuxedo. The school's authorities panicked, facing a possible discrimination lawsuit, and cancelled the official school prom. The story seemed to have a happy ending when a federal court ruled that McMillen's rights had been infringed by the school's policy. And a replacement, private prom was organised by parents. Except that the private prom organisers decided to adopt the same disciminatory rules – dates had to be of the opposite sex and women had to wear dresses – as the high school. Video. Mall Apologizes To Lesbian Couple For Kicking Them Out For No Good Reason. Joel Burns tells gay teens "it gets better"