Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua puta mai he kōrero e pā ana ki tētahi akonga whakahonore wahine, nā te tumuaki o tōna kura i ki atu, kāore i whakaaetia ia kia mau i tētahi kākahu ki tōna pōro whakamutunga, kua mōhio ia ināianei ka taea e ia te mau i te kākahu. I kii a Claudetteia Love, 17, i te wiki kua hipa, kaore ia me ona hoa e haere ki te poi o te Kura Tuarua o Carroll i Monroe, Louisiana, na te mea i kii te Tumuaki a Patrick Taylor ki a ia me kakahu ia i tetahi kakahu. Na ana kōrero i puta ai he tautoko nui mai i te motu katoa - mai i ana hoa akomanga, i haina i tētahi petihana ki te akiaki i te kura kia huri i tōna whakaaro, ki ngā rōpū mana ā-iwi me ngā tangata kē. Engari inaianei, ko te Tumuaki Taylor me te Perehitini o te Poari Kura o Monroe City a Rodney McFarland - nana nei i tautoko a Claudetteia - kua kii ki te akonga ka taea e ia te mau i tetahi tux ki te poari. Te hua! I korerotia e Claudetteia Love (i te pikitia), 17, e te tumuaki o tana kura kia kaua ia e mau i te tuxedo ki tana poi whakamutunga. Heoi anō, kua whakamōhiotia ia ināianei ka taea e ia te mau i te kākahu i muri i te katoa. I te Turei, i kii te National Center for Lesbian Rights i roto i tetahi purongo kua whakapā atu te tokorua ki te taiohi ki te korero ki a ia mo ta raatau whakatau e pa ana ki te huihuinga i te Paenga-whawha 24. I roto i te whakaputanga, Claudetteia, ko wai e tuwhera homo, ka mea i faauruhia ia e te maha o ngā kōrero tautoko me tuku kua riro ia i roto i te hope o tona aukati tuxedo tautohetohe. Ko te tautoko ko te tono a tetahi kaipakihi o te rohe ki te hanga i tetahi poi mo ia me ona hoa, me tetahi reta i tukuna ki nga kaitohutohu kura i te kawanatanga e te American Civil Liberties Union o Louisiana. <unk>He mea whakamiharo, he mea whakaawe hoki te tautoko nui; he pūtake kaha tēnei ka mau tonu ki ahau i a au e neke atu ana ki te wāhanga e whai ake nei o taku mātauranga me taku oranga i tua atu i te kura tuarua,' i kī a Claudetteia. I tāpiri atu a ia he 'whakawhetai' ki te whakatau hou a te kura. 'Kei te tumanako ahau ki te whakanui i te mutunga o taku tau whakamutunga me aku hoa me aku hoa akomanga i te poi, pera i etahi atu akonga,' i kii ia. I te wiki kua hipa, ko te whaea o Claudetteia, ko Geraldine Jackson, e tino tautoko ana...
I whakamahere a Claudetteia Love, 17, ki te haere ki tana pōro me tētahi rōpū hoa. Engari ko te tumuaki a Patrick Taylor 'i ki atu ki a ia e kore ia e whakaaetia kia mau i te tuxedo' I kīia ko te whakatau he wāhanga o te kākahu kākahu o te kura o Monroe, Louisiana. Na te whakataunga i puta ai te tautoko ki ngā ākonga puta noa i te motu. Inaianei, kua hurihia e te kura tana whakatau - ka taea e Claudetteia te mau tuxedo. I kii te taiohi taiohi taiohi he'mauruuru'a he'tumanako'ia ki te poi. He ākonga tino pai ia, ā, he karahipi tonu tōna ki te Whare Wānanga o Jackson State.