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Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap

The Columbian
Published: March 10, 2010, 12:00am

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student says she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she returned to school after officials canceled the senior prom because of her request to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

Constance McMillen says she didn’t want to go back, but her father told her she needed to face her classmates and school officials in Fulton. McMillen says one student told her, “Thanks for ruining my senior year.”

The Itawamba County school district announced Wednesday it wouldn’t host the April 2 prom at McMillen’s high school.

The decision came after the American Civil Liberties Union told officials a policy banning same-sex prom dates violated students’ rights.

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