LGBT Teens Ready for 20th Annual Hayward Gay Prom – NBC Bay Area

Contents:

• NOW WE CAN DANCE: THE STORY OF THE HAYWARD GAY PROM” DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCED BY HAYWARD LIBRARY
• HAYWARD GAY PROM FACTS FOR KIDS
• FABULO PHOTOS FROM ONE OF AMERI’S LONGT-RUNNG GAY PROMS

NOW WE CAN DANCE: THE STORY OF THE HAYWARD GAY PROM” DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCED BY HAYWARD LIBRARY

Now We Can Dance: The Story of the Hayward Gay Prom” documentary film produced by Hayward Library.

Now We Can Dance: The Story of the Hayward Gay Prom is a short documentary film produced by Hayward Public Library 2013. The film celebrat Hayward’s long-standg Gay Prom event. It chronicl the ntroversy surroundg the 1995 creatn of the gay prom and the signifince of havg a tradnal high school dance for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr teenagers.

HAYWARD GAY PROM FACTS FOR KIDS

Hayward’s Gay Prom event was the brachild of the Lambda Youth Project, an LGBT (Lbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgenr) support group. Each year, hundreds of youth om the San Francis Bay Area and beyond e to Hayward’s Gay Prom event bee is a safe place to be themselv and celebrate wh other like-md youth. The film featur terviews wh early prom anizers, atten, and supportive muny members terspersed wh footage om the 2011 gay prom and terviews wh recent prom goers, volunteers, and even a 17-mute documentary vio n be viewed on YouTube.

FABULO PHOTOS FROM ONE OF AMERI’S LONGT-RUNNG GAY PROMS

Hayward’s Lambda Gay Prom is celebratg s 20th year Saturday. The Hayward prom is believed to be one of the longt ntuoly nng danc held for gay youth. It was the subject of a 2011 documentary, “Now We Can Dance: The Story of the Hayward Gay Prom.