"Constance McMillen, the 18-year-old lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it cancelled rather than let the couple attend,"reports the CBC. "The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oxford on behalf of McMillen, who said she faced some unhappy classmates after the Itawamba County School District said it wouldn't host the April 2 prom."

The is similar to a Canadian case.

Marc Hall v. Durham Catholic School Board:
Was a 2002 court case in which Marc Hall, a Canadian man, fought a successful legal battle against the Durham Catholic District School Board to bring a same-sex date to his high school prom. The case made Canadian and international headlines. READ MORE

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