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Keller Texas High School Bars Lesbian Student From Making Adorable 'Promposal' To Another Girl
A lesbian teenager in Texas says her high school refused to allow her to make a "promposal" to another girl.
Promposals, apparently a tradition at Timber Creek High School in Keller, near Fort Worth, are dramatic, public invitations to prom between students.
Casey Akers, 16, planned to jump out of a box with flowers on it holding cookies and a sign that said, "Out of all these cookies, you're my favorite one. Prom?" The name of the girl Akers planned to invite to the prom is Cookie.
Akers said she got approval for the promposal from school administrators — until they found out she was inviting another girl. NBCDFW.com reports:
"I gave them all the details before. They say it’s fine. They find out who I am asking, then say it’s not fine," Akers said.
Akers sent a direct message about what happened to a friend on Twitter. Akers' friend who tweeted a screenshot of the message — with Casey’s permission — and it didn’t take long for the hash-tag campaign #LetCaseyPromposal to take off.
“People are tweeting me from all over the U.S.," Akers said. "I had someone tweet from Toronto, Canada. This is spreading like crazy, and all I want to do is get the word out.”
Akers sent a direct message about what happened to a friend on Twitter. Akers' friend who tweeted a screenshot of the message — with Casey’s permission — and it didn’t take long for the hash-tag campaign #LetCaseyPromposal to take off.
“People are tweeting me from all over the U.S.," Akers said. "I had someone tweet from Toronto, Canada. This is spreading like crazy, and all I want to do is get the word out.”
Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2015/03/texas-school-bars-lesbian-student-from-making-adorable-promposal-to-another-girl.html#.VRWpqzjiUIA.twitter
Cross-posted in the LGBT Group.
