Lesbian teen Constance McMillen did finally get to go the prom…a fake one. The Advocate reports that McMillen was directed to a fake prom, while her classmates went to the “real’ prom held at a secret location. Evidently parents are to blame for throwing the real prom behind the teen’s back. She and her date were sent to a lightly attended “prom” at country club in Fulton, Mississippi. We say lightly attended, only seven showed for the faux prom, which included students with learning disabilities.

In her calm manner, she stated about the attendees, “They had the time of their lives. That’s the one good thing that came of this. [they] didn’t have to worry about anyone making fun of them.”

The Mississippi teen gained national attention because she had petitioned her school to attend her prom wearing a tuxedo and with her girlfriend as a prom date. McMillen had petitioned the school since December twice, and on the third try, they advised that they could go to the prom, separately and would be asked to leave of they showed each other affection or slow danced with each other.
Once the teen went to the ACLU for help, the school canceled the prom altogether, rather than let her and her girlfriend attend the prom. This of course made her very unpopular among the students, yet she showed strength and resolve, continuing to go to school with her head held high.

Ellen Degeneres was so impressed with McMillen that she offered to throw her a prom, but the teen turned her down saying that all she wanted was, “to go and be able to myself, and go to the prom I was supposed to have.” Degeneres found another way to help and show her support by partnering with Tonic.com and gave McMillen a $30,000 scholarship and a summer internship in New York.

A judge ruled that the high school did violate the teen’s rights and said he would hold a trial on the issue. Show your support through McMillen’s Facebook page and become one of over 425,390 fans!