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In this photo released by Warner Bros, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres sits down with Constance McMillen, left, an 18-year old student from Fulton, Miss, whose prom was canceled after she asked to bring a same-sex date. This episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" airs on Friday, March 19, 2010. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman
JACKSON, Miss. - A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her high school's prom policy has received a US$30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Constance McMillen was speechless Friday when the talk show host, who is a lesbian, pulled out an oversized check from the website Tonic.Com, a digital media company.
DeGeneres says she admires McMillen for challenging Itawamba County School District rules that would prevent her from escorting her girlfriend to the prom.
The school district in the Mississippi county cancelled the April 2 prom after McMillen's request.
A hearing is scheduled Monday in federal court in Aberdeen on American Civil Liberties Union efforts to force the district to hold the prom.
