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Ind. students, parents want to hold ‘traditional prom,’ ban gay students
SULLIVAN, Ind. — A group of high school students and parents rallied Sunday at a local church in Sullivan, Ind., calling for a “traditional” high school prom that bans gay students from attending.
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‘Straight ally’ student denied prom queen run at Arizona high school
TEMPE, Ariz. — When you think of a high school prom, you probably imagine girls in beautiful dresses and guys in their tuxes, but a teenager says his rights were violated when a Tempe school told him he could not run for prom queen.
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ACLU warns Utah schools: Banning same-sex couples at school functions ‘unconstitutional’
The ACLU of Utah has sent a warning to the state’s school district superintendents, cautioning them that banning same sex couples from being attending proms, dances and other school functions violates their constitutional rights.
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Maine openly gay teens crowned prom king and queen
A beautiful story out of southern Maine (one of only two New England States not recognizing marriage equality) — 17 year-old Christian Nelsen was just crowned Sanford High School’s Prom Queen.
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Catholic high school prohibits lesbian couple from attending prom
A lesbian student at a Long Island Catholic high school has been has been banned from taking a girlfriend to the senior prom.
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Lesbian teen’s prom story to be subject of ABC Family channel made-for-TV movie
Constance McMillen, a Mississippi teen who sued her school for canceling the prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend, will be the subject of a made-for-TV movie. “It is a project that is in the very early stages,” confirmed the ABC Family cable channel.
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Mississippi school settles prom dispute with lesbian teen
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.
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NY high school crowns gay seniors prom king and queen
Gay best friends Charlie Ferrusi and Timmy Howard have been voted prom king and queen at Hudson High in upstate New York, winning the student vote by a landslide. The teens said they ran the idea past advisers and the principal, who gave their approval. They added that one of the hardest parts of the […]
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Bleckley County High School prom: A good time was had by all!
Bleckley County High School senior Derrick Martin made history Saturday when he arrived at his high school prom on the arm of another boy. He was the first in his hometown of Cochran — and perhaps in Georgia — to ask permission to take a same sex partner to prom and have his school allow […]
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Lesbian teen banned from prom will lead NYC pride parade
Constance McMillen did not get to attend her high school prom after her Mississippi high school canceled it rather than allow her to bring her girlfriend. But she will be an honored guest at an even bigger celebration: she has been named a grand marshal of the gay pride parade in New York, the NY […]