Justice finally served for Constance McMillen:

Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi denied Constance the right to bring her girlfriend to prom.

The ACLU intervened and ruled that the school could not forbid Constance from bringing the date of her choice. The school then cancelled prom completely and Constance faced harassment and alienation from her peers due to it. The ACLU sued the school district for violating civil rights and yesterday the case was finally settled. The district adopted a new non-discrimination and anti-harassment policy which covers both sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as agreeing to pay $35,000 in damages.

“I won’t ever get my prom back, but it’s worth it if it changes things at my school, “  Constance said.

This is a great step in the right direction, and a HUGE milestone that set’s some boundaries for the way LGBT youth can be treated.

We all owe Constance a great deal for standing up for herself.

We still have a long way to go.  :)