TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Green Day, former ‘N Sync member Lance Bass and celebrity chef Cat Cora are among those helping to pay for a gay-friendly prom in Mississippi next month … all to help a high school senior teen bring a lesbian prom date to the big dance. Organizers say the event...

(CNN) — A Mississippi lesbian Tuesday won a judge’s backing for her contention that her First Amendment rights were violated when her high school refused to allow her to attend her prom with her girlfriend. But U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson refused to order the Itawamba County School...

Southern states are notoriously red, unapologetically conservative, and not necessarily touted as popular hot spots for social reform. That being said, it came as no surprise to the nation when a Mississippi school district made national news for cancelling its senior prom rather than letting a young,...

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...

If you think our school systems have not faced a “queer(er)” than most prom scandal before, then you’re wrong. We’ll all have to admit that the fact that a young teen has to plea before a federal court for her right to take who she wants to her own prom is pretty extreme, however...

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...