“...and make a social and political statement on her sexual orientation.”
I wouldn’t have thought anything of a young woman showing up in a tuxedo (actually, some of the “menswear” formal attire is pretty attractive) and coming to the Prom with a girlfriend. There used to be all kinds of girls and boys who went stag to these affairs back in the really good old days [ah, before my time, but my mother told me about it]. Girls would dance with girls when the boys were too shy or away in the war. At all girl schools, there was a lot of that going on so that even the homliest young woman would have that “dress up” event.
Where I draw the line is what in the world does making a “social and political statement on her sexual orientation have to do with a high school prom????” That’s what just butters my biscuits. It shows the true colors of this “poor girl who just wants to have that cherished memory of her high school prom being denied one of her major rights of passage”. Hogwash!
There is a HUGH difference between going stag, or even going with a group of friends vs a girl showing up in a tux with her same-sex date or a guy showing up in a dress with his brokeback prom date.
It’s interesting how a woman can wear men’s garments and still look feminine,even sexy. In fact,I looked through a GQ once and a supermodel was wearing what she called “boy’s underwear”. Thankfully that works out for we ladies. It really didn’t look “gay” at all! But then there are those lesbos who really look like boys.When a guy dresses like a girl,or woman,then it really is gay. I’m glad I can be a tomboy without being a lesbo!