What This Teen Planned to Wear Got Her Banned From Prom

Do you remember your prom? Part of the excitement is about choosing the perfect outfit—whatever that looks like. In my case, it was a gold lame dress recycled from the '70s by a friend's mom... But now a Louisiana teen may not get a chance to attend her special night after the principal deemed her own fashion choice unacceptable. 

Was the hemline too short? you ask. The neckline too plunging? Nope. She planned to wear a tuxedo.

Claudetteia Love, an Honours student with a scholarship in the wings, was told in no uncertain terms by school principal Patrick Taylor that girls wear dresses; guys wear suits "and that’s the way it is.”

 

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It's the year 2015, and still a girl can't win. Show too much skin, and you're a slut. Cover up too much, and you're a prude. Though Taylor claimed the decision had nothing to do with the fact that Love is a lesbian, you have to wonder what other basis could explain such overt discrimination.
 

Policing fashion in this way negates what the whole prom experience is supposed to be about: a celebration of new-found individuality and a send-off to adulthood. 

The school board head has arranged a meeting with Taylor to discuss the situation. With any luck, Love will get to rock her tux and stay true to herself. Everyone else can amuse themselves by drinking punch and playing a round of pin the corsage on the principal...

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