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Stroll through any department store today and you will likely notice a proliferation of fancy party dresses. From a distance, these frocks look perfectly lovely and totally appropriate for a teen girl attending her prom. But look a little closer and you may think you’ve accidentally wandered into a Fredericks of Hollywood boutique. Continue reading »
As if 18-year-old Constance McMillen didn’t have enough obstacles to overcome in her life, she now has the distinction of being the person who got her high school prom canceled.
McMillen, with the assistance of the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, had petitioned the Itawamba County School District Board to allow her attend the Itawamba Agricultural High School prom with her date. The problem, at least as the school board sees it, is that McMillen is a lesbian and her prospective date is a girl. Continue reading »
Back in the age of the dinosaurs, aka 1995, I went to prom with a charming young man. I wore a long, lacy purple dress. He wore a black miniskirt and a baby-doll t-shirt with the words “Prom Queen” stencilled across the chest in frilly lavender script. Guess which one of us got to dance with the captain of the football team? Hint: it wasn’t me.
I guess we were trendsetters, because the New York Times now reports that schools are cracking down on kids’ cross-dressing to proms – or just to class. Are these teens finding a clever new way to stick it to the dress code, or just exploring their honest gender expression? Does it matter?
I’m all for adding an artistic component to prom, which is usually far too stilted and image-conscious to be much fun at all. But I have to admit that the artistic flare two British 16-year-olds brought to their prom makes me feel slightly nauseated. Continue reading »
A survey company dedicated to market research recently found that most teens are quite supportive of gay rights. Continue reading »
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