Principal says gay student can't wear tuxedo to prom
MONROE, La. (AP) — A gay student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her prom because the school principal won't let her wear a tuxedo.
Claudettia Love, a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe, said she was planning on going to the prom with a group of friends, but now they are staying away.
"I told my mom, 'They're using me. They put me in all these honors and advanced placement classes so I can take all of these tests and get good grades and better the school, but when it's time for me to celebrate the fact that I've accomplished what I need to accomplish and I'm about to graduate, they don't want to let me do it, the way I want to,'" she told The News-Star
The decision is part of the school's dress code and not anything personal, principal Patrick Taylor told The News-Star.
"Banning her from her prom just because of what she wants to wear — that's discrimination," he said. "As far as I know there is no Monroe City School Board policy saying what someone has to wear to attend the prom. You can't just go making up policies."
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