Universi and high schools across untry, driven large part by protts om gay stunts, are re-examg rual of crowng homeg kgs and queens, tl that often reward stunt achievement, are sometim merely populary ntts and ocsnally e wh hefty scholarships; photo of Everett Moran, gay senr at Vanrbilt Universy who ran for homeg queen (M)
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- GAY STUNT BE HIGH SCHOOL’S FIRST-EVER MALE HOMEG QUEEN
- GAY HIGH SCHOOL SENR TENNSEE CROWNED HOMEG ROYALTY GOLD DRS
- GAY TEEN RECEIV PROM QUEEN CROWN
- GAY STUNTS FORCE NEW LOOK AT HOMEG TRADNS
- BEG GAY, HIGH SCHOOL AND WEARG A HOMEG CROWN
GAY STUNT BE HIGH SCHOOL’S FIRST-EVER MALE HOMEG QUEEN
Los Angel' Fairfax Senr High School named openly gay Serg Garcia, 18, prom queen at last weekend's school dance. * gay homecoming queen *
” Michelle Bmstark, a spokperson for Columbia Public Schools, told an terview wh NBC News Wednday eveng, Willmore, who intifi as gay, shared a msage for LGBTQ stunts and other young people who may be hant to show their te lors. The vio of Willmore wng Homeg Queen spired thoands of supportive ments, cludg some om olr gay men who seemed like they went through the procs of makg TikTok acunts jt to exprs their gratu.
“As an olr gay man ’s betiful to see everythg we fought for paid off, ” said one such er. @zachwillmoreReply to @poopac thank you guys so much for all the support I’ve received I n’t expla how happy I am tonight? #fyp #queen #homeg #gay #viral #lgbt.
A gay high school senr Tennsee was crowned to his school's homeg urt Friday night while wearg a drs, which was met wh wispread support om school officials and fellow Statn High School Memphis, Tennsee, posted a photo Friday ngratulatg Brandon Allen, 17, on his image, which has been liked and shared thoands of tim on Facebook and Twter, showed Allen verg his mouth shock and wearg a gold sequ off-the-shoulr gown, diamante tiara and holdg a floral bouquet award to members of the royal urt, a genr ntral tle that the school troduced this year place of the tradnal Homeg Kg and Queen tl. "Thank you to everyone who has ntributed to me beg queen, " Allen, who intifi as gay, wrote on his Instagram profile. We all live small towns, and most of didn’t have the agency to be ourselv durg our public-schoolg atten were a diverse crowd of lovely people, cludg lbian upl, gay upl, nonbary guts and people who are trans.
GAY HIGH SCHOOL SENR TENNSEE CROWNED HOMEG ROYALTY GOLD DRS
* gay homecoming queen *
‘It was the most fun I’d had a long time’Amari Callaway, 26, PhilalphiaI -hosted a queer prom last summer through my queer skate crew Rollg wh the Homos. She viewed the stunt body electg two women as prom queens as rejectg genr norms and homophobic beliefs.
Several said the girls only won bee they're a homosexual uple and 's Pri Month.
GAY TEEN RECEIV PROM QUEEN CROWN
GLAAD, the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, had not heard of a same-sex uple beg named prom queens Pennsylvania. ""My sister said her -worker told her that seeg w gave her hope and spiratn for when her gay dghter go to high school, ''' Levy Gabriela Miranda on Twter: @sgabbymiranda. “There are some stunts that have told me that they’re fortable beg gay at Kgs and they’re more fortable wh themselv now that they feel they have an acceptg and supportive stunt body behd them.
Although he had never formally e out to them as gay, he said he didn't thk was a surprise to them. I've gotten people om our school sayg that they're more fortable beg gay at Kgs.
GAY STUNTS FORCE NEW LOOK AT HOMEG TRADNS
Lourk said she and Wise expected to receive some negative ments as a gay uple, but add, “It also jt was kd of surprisg that a bunch of adults were bashg teenagers. “I thk that's more ncerng than havg a gay uple w prom, obvly.
Roughly half (48 percent) of those Generatn Z, those born after 1996, say gay and lbian upl beg allowed to marry is a good thg for society, wh only 15 percent sayg ’s a bad thg, acrdg to 2018 data om Pew Rearch Center. Then, 2019, Brandon Allen, a gay stunt, was elected homeg royalty at his Tennsee high school, which ed genr-ntral tl for homeg urt. In 2016, a lbian uple beme the first gay prom kg and queen their school's 185-year history.
BEG GAY, HIGH SCHOOL AND WEARG A HOMEG CROWN
Roughly half (48 percent) of Generatn Z (those born after 1996) say that allowg gay and lbian upl to marry is a good thg for society, wh only 15 percent sayg ’s a bad thg, acrdg to 2018 data om Pew Rearch Center.
1569724426Allen, who intifi as gay and is the self-proclaimed "Queen of Extra, " told HuffPost that he chose to wear the gown bee he tly believ he is royalty. RELATED | This Is Disney Channel's First Gay Teen Couple. "More From SeventeenThough April says she lost a few iends when she me out, she says she's never really been bullied for beg gay.
"People are overwhelmgly nice here, " she told D Magaze, but add that the topic of homosexualy n sometim be a taboo her town. May 29, 2009 — -- When an openly gay high school senr was voted prom queen at his Los Angel high school last weekend, the school's stunts and officials not only accepted , they basked wh pri beg one of the most diverse and tolerant schools the natn.