reporter: it was facile dated in part, by the mississippi safe schools coalition, a group of mostly high school and college students dedicated to reaching out to gay kids and making schools in mississippi safer for them to attend. y all are going to find out quick this is full-time work. reporter: the group stepped up outreach this year, their second year, after winning a $100,000 grant from the queer youth fund, to work on gay issues in mississippi. mississippi was the only state to receive a negative grade. reporter: the national gay rights group glisten deemed mississippi to be the state most hostile to gay kids. they again to gather statistics on gay youth, launched training sessions to start gay/straight alliance clubs in high schools, lobbied for anti-bullying legislation and launched a prom watch, to help kids like constance. administrators at constance s school canceled the prom rather than let her attend. the aclu filed suit on her behalf, hoping to get the prom
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