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Link to: Nikke Finke story on ABC Family Developing Film With Craig Zadan And Neil Meron About Lesbian Teen Who Was Banned From Prom.

Poetic Justice!

I love this story about Constance McMillen, having a TV movie made about her experience with the Mississippi school folks canceling prom so she wouldn’t be able to bring a female date.

I hope she got enough cash from the rights to her life story to pay for all of her upcoming college bills, buy a new car and pay off the family mortgage! What a heroine.

This just reminds me of how much the world has changed. When I went to high school it would never have even crossed my mind to bring a guy, it wasn’t even in my realm of possibility. Despite all the really horrible recent news of suicides, torture, rape and all the rest, the world is a very different and more welcoming place than it was – though obviously, we still have much work to do.

To put it mildly.

Remember, National Coming Out Day is October 11.

Nikke Finke’s post on: Universal Under Pressure Changing “Gay” Trailer For Ron Howard-Vince Vaughn Pic ‘The Dilemma’.

Good for you, Anderson!

Anderson Cooper

I’m glad he called out the studio on their use of the word “gay” in a movie trailer to mean “not cool.” Truthfully, I’ve used the terms “lame” and “retarded” to mean much the same thing, so I’m guilty of this insensitivity.

Slap me.

There’s a lot of truth in that using these words to mean something negative has resonance far beyond the mere calling of something “uncool,” and it makes associations that extend to people, real people. I know L.A. has had a campaign for awhile now to eliminate the use of that word in schools; considering real life consequences, it only makes sense that one of the region’s huge employers gets with the program.