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Proms, Dances & Dating
If you're planning to attend a prom or dance with a same-sex date, you have the right to have fun, and your school must ensure your safety as it should of all students.
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Your right to a special night.
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Here are steps you can take.
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Can students wear clothing considered gender-nonconforming to a dance? Can the school set any dress code?

Recent Cases
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Maverick Couch is a high school junior threatened with suspension if he wore a T-shirt bearing the message “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe.”
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Case on behalf of a brother and sister challenging antigay harassment, discrimination and censorship by school officials.
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Case arguing in favor of a transgender high school student's First Amendment right to wear a dress to prom.

