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A teenager has been barred from bringing her girlfriend to her school’s prom dance – and school administrators suggested she bring a male date instead.

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Paula Goodgame, 17, was told last week that she would not be allowed to bring Anjali Persad to the dance at St. Petersburg Catholic High School as ‘escorts must be of the opposite gender’.

Goodgame’s guidance counsellor wrote, ‘If you could have one of your male friends ask her as his date that would probably work.’

A week before prom and i'm not allowed to take my girlfriend…it's not like we already bought what we were gonna wear or anything… pic.twitter.com/JwyQ9ZzpQS — Paula Goodgame (@paula_goodgame) March 29, 2017

Goodgame says she was surprised at the discrimination, telling Buzzfeed, ‘There are other gay people at the school, and a couple of the students there have gay parents.




‘No one really expected this to come about, especially me and my friends.’

After the story went viral, Persad said, ‘I hope that all other LGBT students in our situation can find courage to stand up for themselves and for others so we can find equality for all.’