Many people have already posted on this (including the inimitable Beverly Heels, who is a lot funnier than I am and why aren’t you reading him right now?). But this week’s Savage Love column featured a very neat, clean, concise summary of who to get in touch with and bitch at regarding Constance McMillen’s prom being canceled (GayToday), and I would be sorely amiss if I didn’t reproduce it:
“E-mail, call, and fax Itawamba Schools superintendent Teresa McNeece (tmcneece@itawamba.k12.ms.us, phone 662-862-2159 ext. 14, fax 662-862-4713) and Itawamba Agricultural principal Trae Wiygul (twiygul@itawamba.k12.ms.us, 662-862-3104). Then join the Facebook page “Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend To Prom.” And, finally, make donations to the Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition (mssafeschools.org), which is organizing an alternate prom that will welcome all students, and make a larger donation to the ACLU LGBT Project (tinyurl.com/yl9mvkb), which is defending Constance and other gay teenagers across the country.
Call, write, fax, donate. Constance needs to know that there are people all over the world who are on her side. And, more importantly, Itawamba County Schools needs to know that we’re not going to let them get away with this. Be respectful, but be relentless. Let’s show these bigots what a real distraction looks like. Get ’em.”
Remember that phone is always more effective than email. But anything is better than nothing.
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