High School senior, Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) lives in a small town in Indiana and is gay. With the Prom upcoming, Emma is planning to bring her girlfriend, Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), to the prom (where Alyssa will come out), but, the PTA nixes that idea with the fervent help of Mrs. Green (Kerry Washington). The PTA cancels the Prom.