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The female Indiana high school student who wants to wear a tuxedo to her prom will be allowed to do so. The 17-year-old student had filed a lawsuit against the school, and she said she is a lesbian and doesn't wear dresses because they represent a sexual identity she rejects. On Friday the superintendent of the Lebanon school system released a press release that said

A 17-year-old girl is suing her high school in Lebanon, Indiana because they refused to let her wear a tuxedo to her high school prom. The student says she is a lesbian and doesn't wear dresses because they represent a sexual identity she rejects. The principal at the high school, located northwest of Indianapolis, claims that there is a special dress code for the prom that requires female students to wear a formal gown, but the ACLU of Indiana--which filed the claim on her behalf--say that the policy violates federal law because the school receives federal funding and because it violates her right of expression.

David Upchurch, who now lives in Colorado Springs, took First Lady Michelle Obama to their high school prom is now saying their romance went nowhere because he was a “screw-up, plain and simple.”