A Mississippi school district has agreed to pay a recent high school graduate $35,000 in damages and adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to a statement released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Constance McMillen finally attended her senior prom Friday at a country club in Fulton, Mississippi. [caption id="attachment_7632" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="McMillen"][/caption] But to avoid McMillen bringing a female date to her [...]

Ellen DeGeneres presented a $30,000 scholarship on behalf of Tonic.com Friday to a teenage lesbian whose high school prom was canceled when she asked to attend with a girl. Constance McMillen, 18, appeared on The [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday against Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., after the school district decided to cancel this year’s prom rather than let a [...]

A Mississippi high school has called off the annual senior prom after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend. The Itawamba County school board announced [...]