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Constance McMillen, the lesbian student who became a lightning rod for prom rights, has transferred schools from the rural Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi to a school in Jackson.
Constance McMillen,the lesbian student who became a lightning rod for prom rights, has transferred schools from the rural Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi to a school in that state's capital, according to the Associated Press.
McMillen, who sued her school district earlier this year over its policy of banning same-sex prom dates, is now attending high school in Jackson, about 180 miles away from the school that denied her the ability to attend prom with her girlfriend and to wear a tux.
She filed a federal lawsuit after the school district opted to cancel prom altogether rather than allow her to attend with her girlfriend.
Following the suit McMillen made several media appearances including on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wanda Sykes Show and at the GLAAD Media Awards.
She won't say which high school she now attends, but she intends to graduate June 2, according to the AP.
Meanwhile, members of a fundamentalist church in Kansas are still carrying the torch of railing against homosexuality, saying they intend to protest graduation at McMillen's former school for failing parents supposedly failing to teach their children to wholly condemn homosexuality, according to the AP.
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
