17-year-old lesbian sues to wear tuxedo to prom (and wins!)

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  Posted by Sunflower Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:04am PDT

  In TX, a boy was banned from wearing a gown to prom. SUCH CRAP! He was rocking it anyway, they should have let him be HIM! Let this girl be her!

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  Posted by elle Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:29am PDT

  I also don't understand why in this day and age that people continue to discriminate against anyone, not just gay teens. It amazes me how backwards some people can be when they try to impose their own beliefs on what is right and wrong on others. Good for her that she was able to win this case, but how sad that it had to go this far. When will all the negativity surrounding homosexuality change? Whose business is it of mine or anyone elses who someone wants to date or what someone wears in public?

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  Posted by autumnk Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:46am PDT

  un che'

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  Posted by Jess Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:55am PDT

  It WILL change. As long as people like this girl continue to fight this way, I firmly believe attitudes will be changed and we will actually be the tolerant, accepting and open country that we say we are.

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  Posted by karen Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:01pm PDT

  Girls need to be girls and boys need to be boys. Boys wear the pants and girls wear the dresses. It's that simple and no questions about it. If a young girl was made to feel like a boy at a young age. can you blame her for wanting to be a little different. But it is now appropriate for her to feel like she should wear boys attire. It's like saying boys should wear long hair and girls should cut their hair. It just doesn't look right. We need to tell each other apart. I just hope that she doesn't have short hair as well.

  My mother cut my hair and it made me feel like a I was out of place. She also made me wear pants a lot. I felt like a tom boy.

  I do not feel that girls should be forced to wear something that doesn't feel femminine. If it is her idea, then let her for a while, but then see if she continues.

  If she is not getting the love at home that she needs to feel like a true girl, then that is what needs to be changed. Not her attire.

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  Posted by texas barbie Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:13pm PDT

  ok so karen you think if a woman has short hair and wears pants she is a tomboy? that is absurd. If my hair is short I should feel like a boy. What backwards kind of place do you come from? You need to step out into the real world and take a look around. Women can be beautiful in pants, skirts, dresses, shorts, long hair, short hair or no hair at all. Get real, open a magazine or turn on your t.v..

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  Posted by Had to comment Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:06pm PDT

  To "Karen", I have two questions for you. Why can't you feel like a girl just because you have pants on and short hair? What makes you think this girl is not loved at home?

  If she is gay then she is gay. If she feels that being made to waer a dress is not fair, then she should not be made to wear a dress As the writer put it, as long as her or his bit's are not hanging out, that is all that should matter. I hope you start to have an open mind as you grow up and as your hair grows.

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  Posted by prmom Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:49pm PDT

  I wonder if the school had their policy in place because they have had students in the past show up in attire that is completely inappropriate? Our local school really had to crack down as some of the boys were coming in things they had picked up at a thrift shop-and they weren't necessarily old suits, either. Administrators want to keep prom a formal event, and not have kids show up in whatever they feel like-to keep it nice for the kids that really care. But even when I was in high school(mid 1980s), we had girls wear tuxes to prom-not because they were gay, but because they didn't have dates so they decided to be each other's 'dates'. It was cute then and it still is.

  I think requiring girls to wear dresses and nothing else is taking it a bit too far.

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  Posted by prmom Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:53pm PDT

  Karen, I have a feeling that you do not feel that people are born gay, that you feel they are a product of their environment. But it's simply not true. They are made different-their DNA is different. It doesn't matter if they are made to wear clothing similar to that of the opposite sex or not. If they're gay, they're gay.

  My daughter isn't gay, but she is a tomboy. I tried to get her to wear dresses and the color pink when she was little. But once she was about age 4 and really could speak her mind-that was it. She wanted tshirts and jeans and tennis shoes-and no pink! She's now almost 20. She chooses to wear her hair long, but still loves her tshirts and jeans-and boys. You are who you are, regardless of what you look like.

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  Posted by noahs mommy Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:06pm PDT

  prmom~ I dont believe all gays are born that way, there are some that ARE a product of their enviroment. Boys have been abused by men have a greater chance of becoming gay, and women who have had their fill of S.O.B men have gone gay. You cant say all gays are born that way.

  Personally I think it is scary that kids younger and younger are being "gay" or "bi". In the high school I worked at it was almost cool to be "bi". I feel that once they are 18 and truly feel they are gay that is something they will have to work through but it should not be some fad.

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