Comments on: Prom is Better Cancelled Than Ruined by Tuxedo-Wearing Lesbians

By: Girls Dating Girls, Femmes in Tuxes, Cats and Dogs Living Together! | Spontaneous ∂erivation

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:43:27 +0000

[...] response to that really weird high school whose board decided to ban same-sex dating and girls wearing tuxes to prom, then decided to cancel the whole thing instead, AutoStraddle wants to know: if you’re a girl, did you take a girl to your [...]

By: Dagra Dai

Dagra Dai — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:36:58 +0000

Don’t worry. We won’t see her again.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:23:36 +0000

I’m from MS too, and I haven’t even wanted to comment on this because it sucks. But thank you Autostraddle for running the story. I’m hoping the more coverage it gets, the harder it will be for the asshats to think they actually did the right thing. Newsflash Bible Belt! Being gay is not illegal. You can’t ban gay couples just because you think it’s wrong. UGGGGHHH.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:41:27 +0000

i hope they end up organizing their own prom outside the school…that would be a great “fuck you” to the administration

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:22:01 +0000

I actually got a call and a job offer today. I’m going to be running (?) a call center for the first phase of the census (answering phone call questions from people who actually fill out the questionnaire.) Training is the end of next week. This gig is only ~5 weeks long and is only $14/hr, but I’ll take that to start…

By: Dina

Dina — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:46:02 +0000

Hey my friend Stuart is an Equality Rider! And also an all-around awesome guy.

He’s got a blog: http://equalitystu.blogspot.com/ His most recent post is a must-read.

If you have any money to spare at all – even ten bucks – the Ride is currently underfunded and they totes need money. Go here: http://www.soulforce.org/2010riders and pick your favorite story and support them! Because they are all awesome badass rockstars.

By: cowgirlumhum

cowgirlumhum — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:06:49 +0000

haha yeah that was me!

So the poll just changed… but when it ended it was 52% at YES! If that can have any impact on the ridiculousness in Mississippi right now, that would make my day.

Great article, Laura!

By: laura

laura — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:42:56 +0000

cowgirlumhum i remember you! you won a tegan and sara album! just fyi or whatevs.

By: laura

laura — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:39:49 +0000

yay fellow wannabe census takers. i took it yesterday! if you need a job and are bilingual and know how to alphabetize, get your ass over to a census office and it’s yours for the taking.

By: Sophie T

Sophie T — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:53 +0000

I think they made it private because they were getting mean comments maybe directed at the kid? But its still up here for now anyway : http://ow.ly/16Mll0

By: cowgirlumhum

cowgirlumhum — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:18 +0000

The local television station in Mississippi has a poll up that asks:

SHOULD SAME SEX COUPLES BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND PROM TOGETHER?
Go to http://www.wtva.com/default.aspx click YES!

right now, only 26% have said yes and 74% have said no. Mess with Mississippi’s mind, y’all.

By: brown bear

brown bear — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:48 +0000

Y’ALL. I LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI. AND THIS MAKES ME SO SAD.

Also–I would totally love to bring a girl to prom, but my school is a private school, associated with a church. And…you’ve got it–we can only come in “opposite sex” couples.
Plus, my parents would flip a shit if I even mentioned bringing a girl.

On a completely separate note: We’ve even tried to get a GSA started at my school. But they won’t allow us to have one for “unspecified reasons.”

The funny thing is–THERE ARE SO MANY GAY PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI.