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Thanks to a reader for this comment to “Skirts and Strapons”:

“Surely you’re not suggesting Marlene Dietrich was straight?”

Okay, point well taken. (Bashful gulp.)

Next up, thanks to our friend Chuck for sending along the news of yet another GLBT high-school student who’s been ragged on. But this time the ACLU is coming to the rescue.  We were saddened to see that the teen’s Jackson, Mississippi, high school cancelled its senior prom because 18-year-old Constance McMillen, a lesbian, wanted to not only take her girlfriend, a student at the same school, but also to wear a tux. What’s wrong with a tux? Geez.

Apparently wearing a tux violates school policy. In 2010?! They can’t be serious. But they are. The ACLU has filed a suit on McMillen’s behalf to have the school reinstate the senior prom. According to the AP report, “Lesbian Teen Sues to Force School to Hold Prom,” a fellow student said to McMillan, “Thanks for ruining my senior year.”

Lastly, thanks to our friend Ruth for sending along this op-ed by none other than the venerable Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize-winning peace activist, about gays and lesbians: “Love all God’s children, gay or straight.”

Snip: “Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity — or because of their sexual orientation.”

The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) is not very user friendly, and you’ll have to sign in, but you can sign in using your Facebook account to access the article. Well worth the read. Thanks, Ruth.