ABERDEEN, Miss. — Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday that there were issues with the event even before that. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in U.S. District Court to force the Itawamba County school...

JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school’s prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Constance McMillen was speechless Friday when the talk show host pulled out an oversized check from the Web site...

JACKSON, Miss. — About a week ago, when Constance McMillan approached school officials at the Itawamba Agricultural High School about wanting to take her lesbian partner with her to the prom, she was met with scorn and discrimination. School officials advised her to get “guys” to take her...