Former student nears settlement over prom
Kevin Logan, gay and transsexual, denied entry to dance in dress
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April 14, 2010
BY TERESA AUCH SCHULTZ, (219) 648-3120
http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/2156841,logan0414.article (http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/2156841,logan0414.article)
A former Gary student is close to reaching a settlement agreement with the school system after he sued the district for not letting him go to prom in a dress.
Kevin Logan, a gay and transsexual student, sued the Gary Community School Corp. in 2007 in U.S. District Court in Hammond, claiming the district had violated his First and 14th Amendment rights when the West Side High School principal blocked Logan from attending prom his senior year.
In his lawsuit, Logan said he had worn female attire during school throughout his junior and senior years and went by the gender-neutral nickname of K.K. No one ever bothered him because of how he dressed, he said in his lawsuit, and he even spoke with the assistant principal and principal before prom.