ABC News' Michael DelMoro attends a "gay prom" that aims to give LGBTQ atten a judgment-ee prom experience.
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- 21 ADORABLE PHOTOS OF QUEER KIDS AT PROM THAT (ALMOST) MAKE US MISS HIGH SCHOOLTHANKS FOR THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY KRISTA MASICMAY 8, 2017/5:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JOHN HATTON/INSTAGRAMBY KRISTA MASICMAY 8, 2017 / 5:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"21 ADORABLE PHOTOS OF QUEER KIDS AT PROM THAT (ALMOST) MAKE US MISS HIGH SCHOOL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-08T21:41:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-08T21:41:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROM SEASON IS HERE: HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS AMERI HAVE SIGNED ELABORATE PROMPOSALS, SAVED UP THEIR PENNI AND SQUEEZED TO FORMALWEAR FOR A MAGIL EVENG OF MEMORY-MAKG. AND CREASGLY, PROMS HAVE BEE CLIVE OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW ARE HEART-TUGGG PHOTOS OF QUEER STUNTS AND THEIR IENDS AND ALLI, ALL GSIED UP FOR THE BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INDIANAPOLIS'S NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CROWNED 17-YEAR-OLD ALAN BELMONT AS THEIR FIRST-EVER TRANSGENR PROM KG THIS YEAR. HE'S PICTURED HERE WH HIS GIRLIEND AND PROM DATE ANASTACIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANTED YOUNG KIDS AT MY SCHOOL, WHO ARE TRANS OR MAYBE GAY OR JT G TO THEIR INTY, TO KNOW THAT BEG LGBT DON’T HAVE TO BE A CRIPPLE AND THAT BEG LGBT IS SOMETHG THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND YOU SHOULD REPRENT,” BELMONT TOLD LOL NEWS OUTLET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} INSTEAD OF MATCHG MY DRS TO MY DATE'S TIE, I (UNTENTNALLY) MATCHED TO HER HAIR STEAD. #GAYPROM #THEDABISALIVEA POST SHARED BY ON APR 29, 2017 AT 5:53PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} GROM WAS SO GREAT WH MY IENDS AND I MISS SO MUCH♡ #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY MADISON NIVENS? () ON APR 22, 2017 AT 8:42PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} LAST ONE I PROMISE ???????♂️???✨ -------------------------------- #GAY #GAYRELATNSHIP #GAYRELATNSHIPGOALS #RELATNSHIPGOALS #BOYIENDS #ILOVEYOU #FOREVER #BOYS #GAYINSTAGRAM #GAYRIGHTS #LOVEISLOVE #PROM #PROM2017 #GAYPROM --------------------------------A POST SHARED BY JOHN HATTON (@__JOHNNN_) ON APR 30, 2017 AT 8:32AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} THE BT PART OF PROM FOR ALL (BIS MY BETIFUL DATE, OF URSE) HAD TO HAVE BEEN SEEG THE RHOS STUNT BODY PRINT REACH SOME KD OF QUEER NIRVANA DANCG TO FUCK DONALD TMP ❤???? #QUEERPROM #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY MADDIE BORKY (@MALAEBORKY) ON APR 23, 2017 AT 2:47PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HM GAY?️? #QUEERPROMA POST SHARED BY KATIE PHILLIPS (@KAT.R.PHILLIPS) ON APR 23, 2017 AT 1:29PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PROM WAS PRETTY GAY . . . . #TRANS #TRANSBOY #TRANSBOI #TRANSMAN #TRANSGUY #TRANSDU #FTM #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY LOGAN OXENER () ON APR 21, 2017 AT 7:02PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SO GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SPEND THE BT NIGHT OF MY LIFE WH MY QUEEN ??❤ #PROM2K17 #LGBTPROMNIGHTA POST SHARED BY KELLI HEDGEPETH (@_IAMDOROTHY) ON APR 30, 2017 AT 9:24AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} I HAD AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZG TIME AT PROM TONIGHT ALL BEE OF THE LOVELY LADY WH THE BUTTON UP SHIRT. LUCDA ISADORA ZARIAS, YOU HAVE MA ME HAPPIER THAN I ULD EVER SAY WH THE LIMATNS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GIV ME. IT'S ONLY BEEN 11 MONTHS, BUT I N'T WA TO SPEND A LIFETIME WH YOU. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHG, THANK YOU FOR GIVG ME THE OPPORTUNY TO TAKE YOU TO MY FAL HIGH SCHOOL DANCE AND MY SENR PROM. #PROM #PROMNIGHT #LGBTPROMNIGHT @SUPERCHILLGAYNERDA POST SHARED BY SARAH (@SARAHBEAR11210) ON APR 8, 2017 AT 9:10PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- BIG GAY PROM 2017: LOVE AND REVOLUTN
- NOW WE CAN DANCE: THE STORY OF THE HAYWARD GAY PROM” DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCED BY HAYWARD LIBRARY
- GAY PLACE
- TAG: GAY PROM
- SCHOOL BANNED GAY PROM DAT: LAWSUIT’S 2017 PEOPLEA STUNT IS SUG A BUFFALO-AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALLEGEDLY BLOCKG LGBTQ STUNTS OM BRGG A SAME-SEX DATE TO THE PROM.KATE BRIQUELETSENR REPORTERUPDATED MAY 12, 2017 12:02AM EDT / PUBLISHED MAY 12, 2017 1:00AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTA WEEK BEFORE PROM, A BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOLER IS SUG HIS PRCIPAL FOR ALLEGEDLY POLICG SAME-SEX UPL AT SCHOOL DANC.BYSHOP ELLTT SAYS MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A HISTORY OF POLICI THAT EXCLU LGBTQ STUNTS—CLUDG THE PRCIPAL’S ALLEGED NIAL OF HIS AND FELLOW STUNTS’ REQUT FOR A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.IN A FERAL LAWSU, THE 18-YEAR-OLD JUNR SAYS STUNTS BUYG “UPL” TICKETS FOR DANC ARE ASKED FOR THE NAM OF THEIR DAT. THOSE NAMG SAME-SEX PARTNERS AREN’T PERMTED TO PURCHASE THE “UPL” PASS, HE CLAIMS.THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTI UNN FILED THE PLAT AGAST PRCIPAL CRYSTAL BOLG-BARTON THIS WEEK. THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO A FENDANT. BOLG-BARTON, THROUGH HER SECRETARY, CLED MENT AND REFERRED A DAILY BEAST REPORTER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S LEGAL PARTMENT.NATE KUZMA, THE DISTRICT’S GENERAL UNSEL, TOLD THE DAILY BEAST HE WAS REVIEWG ELLTT’S PLAT. “WE TAKE THE ALLEGATNS VERY SERLY… AND WE ARE VTIGATG AS WE SPEAK TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS,” KUZMA SAID.WHILE ELLTT WON’T ATTEND PROM THIS YEAR—’S ONLY FOR SENRS—HE WANTS TO STAND UP FOR LGBTQ CLASSMAT WHO MAY BE NIED A CHANCE TO DANCE WH THEIR DAT.MOST OF ALL, HE SAYS, HE WANTS BOLG-BARTON TO APPROVE HIS REQUT FOR A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA).“WE ARE SUCH A DIVERSE SCHOOL. WE HAVE 1,000 STUNTS OM ALL OVER BUFFALO. [BUT] NOT EVERYONE FEELS FORTABLE,” ELLTT TOLD THE DAILY BEAST.“THE GSA IS NOT JT FOR LGBTQ ALLI AND PEOPLE WHO INTIFY,” HE ADD. “IT’S A SAFE SPACE, JT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.”NYCLU ATTORNEY BOBBY HODGSON SAID THE ALLEGED NIALS OF THE GSA DON’T SQUARE WH THE LAW, OR THE DISTRICT’S OWN POLICI.“DISCRIMATN G OM THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WH PROTECTG STUNTS AND PROTECTG THEIR RIGHTS IS A PERNIC AND HARMFUL FORM OF DISCRIMATN,” HODGSON TOLD THE DAILY BEAST.“ANY TIME THAT HAPPENS, SENDS A MSAGE TO PEOPLE THE SCHOOL THAT NOT EVERYONE IS BEG TREATED EQUALLY. IT CREAT REAL HARM AND REAL FEAR.”THE LAWSU AT A TIME WHEN MANY STUNTS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ—OR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND QUTNG—MIGHT FEEL ANX AND NFED AS PRINT TMP’S ADMISTRATN HAS MA MOV TO ROLL BACK FERAL PROTECTNS, HODGSON SAID.IN FEBARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JTICE ISSUED A LETTER RCDG OBAMA-ERA GUIDANCE ON TRANSGENR STUNTS.“WHEN THERE IS THAT TYPE OF MSAGE G OM OUR FERAL ERNMENT, IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO REMD LOL ADMISTRATORS AND LOLI THAT THE PROTECTNS EXIST AND THEY’RE NOT GOG ANYWHERE,” HODGSON SAID.THE LAWSU ACC THE PRCIPAL AND BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT OF VLATG ELLTT’S RIGHTS UNR THE EQUAL ACCS ACT AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT.MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL LGBTQ STUNTS “ARE REMD EVERY DAY THAT THEY ARE SEND-CLASS CIZENS,” THE LAWSU STAT.ACRDG TO THE PLAT, BOLG-BARTON ALLEGEDLY IMPOS POLICI THAT DISCRIMATE AGAST STUNTS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ.THE SCHOOL’S LOUDSPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS ALLEGEDLY HAVE WARNED THAT STUNTS WEREN’T ALLOWED TO BRG SAME-SEX DAT TO PROM AND THAT “UPL” TICKETS ARE FOR OPPOSE-SEX PAIRS. IF A GIRL DANC WH HER GIRLIEND, THE PLAT CLAIMS, THE PRCIPAL SEPARAT THEM.FOR YEARS, STUNTS HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSN TO CREATE A GSA, BUT THEIR APPLITNS WERE ALLEGEDLY NIED OR IGNORED.THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT “HAS BEEN FULLY AWARE OF THE SUATN” SCE AT LEAST AUGT 2016 BUT FAILED TO TAKE ACTN, URT PAPERS ALLEGE.ELLTT, WHO IS GAY, SAYS HE LLECTED 136 SIGNATUR OM CLASSMAT SUPPORT OF A GSA MARCH OF THIS YEAR. HE ADD THAT THE CLUB’S APPLITN, SUBMTED AT THE BEGNG OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, REMAS UNAPPROVED—SPE, HE SAYS, THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE FACULTY MEMBERS WILLG TO SUPERVISE THE GROUP.DURG THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, AT LEAST 20 STUNTS ASKED MCKLEY STAFF WHY THE SCHOOL IS STILL WHOUT A GSA, THE LAWSU SAYS.BOLG-BARTON ALLEGEDLY MA SEVERAL TER ANNOUNCEMENTS WARNG THAT SAME-SEX UPL WERE NOT PERMTED AT SCHOOL DANC OM 2014 TO 2016.STUNTS BUYG “UPL” TICKETS OM 2014 TO 2016 WERE ASKED WHO THEIR TEND DAT WOULD BE, AND THOSE NAMG A SAME-SEX PARTNER WOULD BE NIED TICKETS, THE LAWSU SAYS.“STUNTS WHO WERE NIED TICKETS FELT HUIATED AND EXCLUD OM SOME OF THE MOST PROMENT AND POPULAR SCHOOL-WI SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR,” THE PLAT STAT.BUT BUYG SGLE TICKETS DIDN’T WORK EHER. ACRDG TO THE LAWSU, BOLG-BARTON WOULD STCT DANCG SAME-SEX UPL TO SEPARATE OR FACE DISCIPLE.SUCH CHAPERONG PRACTIC LED MANY LGBTQ STUNTS TO SKIP MCKLEY DANC AND STEAD ATTEND THE “DIVERSY PROM” SPONSORED BY GAY & LBIAN YOUTH SERVIC OF WTERN NEW YORK (GLYS), URT PAPERS ALLEGE.INED, THE 2016 DIVERSY PROM HAD MORE STUNTS OM MCKLEY HIGH THAN ANY OTHER AREA HIGH SCHOOL, GLYS REPORTED.THE LAWSU CLAIMS THAT MCKLEY HAS ALSO BEEN WHOUT A GSA SPE REPEATED TERT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS—AND FACULTY ADVISERS READY TO SIGN UP.THE LAWSU NTENDS THIS IS BEE OF A HISTORY OF SCHOOL-SPONSORED EXCLN OF LGBTQ STUNTS.ABOUT 1,000 STUNTS GRAS 9-12 ATTEND MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL, A VOTNAL SCHOOL THAT OFFERS SPECIALIZED TRAG SEVEN “SHOP AREAS.” AND ABOUT 87 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL’S ENROLLE ARE STUNTS OF LOR.MANY CLUBS, CLUDG THE BIBLE CLUB, GOSPEL CHOS, THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERI, AND AIN DANCE CLUB, AREN’T RELATED TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE LAWSU STAT.STUNTS TERTED FORMG A GSA DURG THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR WERE ALLEGEDLY NIED BY BOLG-BARTON. (THE LAWSU DO NOT STATE WHY THE PRCIPAL ALLEGEDLY NIED THE APPLITN, AND ’S UNCLEAR IF REASONS WERE GIVEN.)IN THE SPRG OF 2016, ELLTT SAYS HE AGA SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR HIS CLUB. AN ASSISTANT PRCIPAL ALLEGEDLY TOLD HIM WAS TOO LATE THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUBM HIS APPLITN AND THAT BOLG-BARTON WOULD NY .ELLTT LATER LEARNED THAT A NEW STUNT GROUP FOCED ON TERNATNAL CULTUR AND CUIS SUBMTED AN APPLITN AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT HE SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT PRCIPAL. THE OTHER GROUP’S APPLITN WAS APPROVED, THE LAWSU SAYS.THAT SUMMER, ELLTT SOUGHT HELP OM THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTI UNN, WHICH AUGT 2016 NTACTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S UNSEL.THE DISTRICT’S ATTORNEY “NFIRMED THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AND HAD A CLEAR UNRSTANDG OF THIS MAND FOR GSA APPROVAL, CLUDG BY NFIRMG THAT THE SUPERTENNT HAD NSIRED THE STUNTS’ REQUT ON MULTIPLE OCSNS,” THE PLAT SAYS.ELLTT SAYS HE AGA SECURED A FACULTY SPONSOR AND APPLIED FOR A GSA THE FALL OF 2016. THE FACULTY MEMBER EMAILED THE APPLITN TO BOLG-BARTON DIRECTLY OCTOBER BUT SHE DID NOT REPLY, URT PAPERS ALLEGE.ONE MONTH LATER, THE FACULTY ADVISER FOLLOWED UP WH ANOTHER EMAIL TO BOLG-BARTON, WHO ALLEGEDLY IGNORED .DURG THIS PERD, THE NYCLU SAYS SENT FIVE EMAILS AND LEFT SEVERAL VOICEMAILS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S UNSEL, SAYG BOLG-BARTON STILL HAD NOT APPROVED THE GSA.FOR S PART, THE DISTRICT HAS NOTED THAT HAS PUBLICLY ADOPTED ANTI-DISCRIMATN POLICI AND PROCR TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENR STUNTS. “BUFFALO SHOULD BE PROUD THAT EVERY STUNT OUR DISTRICT IS PROTECTED OM DISCRIMATN ALL FORMS,” ONE DISTRICT REPRENTATIVE SAID, ACRDG TO THE LAWSU.DPE THE PUBLIC PROMIS, LGBTQ STUNTS AT MCKLEY “NTUED TO SUFFER OVERT DISCRIMATN WH THE DISTRICT’S FULL KNOWLEDGE,” THE PLAT ALLEG.ON WEDNDAY, ONE OF ELLTT’S CLASSMAT SPOKE AT A PRS NFERENCE ANNOUNCG THE LAWSU AGAST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.DTEE, A JUNR, SAID SHE RECENTLY ME OUT AS GENR-FLUID AFTER STGGLG WH ANXIETY AND PRSN OVER HER INTY.“ONE OF THE OBSTACL I HAVE FACED G OUT—AND A REASON MANY OTHER STUNTS FEEL THEY MT HI THEIR INTI—IS ALG WH THE NEGATIVE ATTUS TOWARD LGBTQ ISSU AT MY SCHOOL,” DTEE SAID.“THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF HOSTILY AND BULLYG. THAT IS WHY, TWO YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF ASKED THE SCHOOL IF WE ULD FORM A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.”DTEE SAID OTHER AREA SCHOOLS FLY THEIR GSA FLAGS AT THE BUFFALO PRI MARCH, WHILE MCKLEY STUNTS AREN’T EVEN ALLOWED TO ATTEND SCHOOL DANC WH THEIR PARTNERS.“ALL WE HAVE WANTED IS A SPACE WHERE LGBTQ STUNTS AND ALLI N SUPPORT EACH OTHER, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS TOLD ‘NO.’ WE WANT A PLACE WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO HI, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS TOLD ‘NO,’” SHE SAID. KATE BRIQUELET
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21 ADORABLE PHOTOS OF QUEER KIDS AT PROM THAT (ALMOST) MAKE US MISS HIGH SCHOOLTHANKS FOR THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY KRISTA MASICMAY 8, 2017/5:41 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JOHN HATTON/INSTAGRAMBY KRISTA MASICMAY 8, 2017 / 5:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"21 ADORABLE PHOTOS OF QUEER KIDS AT PROM THAT (ALMOST) MAKE US MISS HIGH SCHOOL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-08T21:41:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-08T21:41:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROM SEASON IS HERE: HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS AMERI HAVE SIGNED ELABORATE PROMPOSALS, SAVED UP THEIR PENNI AND SQUEEZED TO FORMALWEAR FOR A MAGIL EVENG OF MEMORY-MAKG. AND CREASGLY, PROMS HAVE BEE CLIVE OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW ARE HEART-TUGGG PHOTOS OF QUEER STUNTS AND THEIR IENDS AND ALLI, ALL GSIED UP FOR THE BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INDIANAPOLIS'S NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CROWNED 17-YEAR-OLD ALAN BELMONT AS THEIR FIRST-EVER TRANSGENR PROM KG THIS YEAR. HE'S PICTURED HERE WH HIS GIRLIEND AND PROM DATE ANASTACIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANTED YOUNG KIDS AT MY SCHOOL, WHO ARE TRANS OR MAYBE GAY OR JT G TO THEIR INTY, TO KNOW THAT BEG LGBT DON’T HAVE TO BE A CRIPPLE AND THAT BEG LGBT IS SOMETHG THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND YOU SHOULD REPRENT,” BELMONT TOLD LOL NEWS OUTLET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} INSTEAD OF MATCHG MY DRS TO MY DATE'S TIE, I (UNTENTNALLY) MATCHED TO HER HAIR STEAD. #GAYPROM #THEDABISALIVEA POST SHARED BY ON APR 29, 2017 AT 5:53PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} GROM WAS SO GREAT WH MY IENDS AND I MISS SO MUCH♡ #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY MADISON NIVENS? () ON APR 22, 2017 AT 8:42PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} LAST ONE I PROMISE ???????♂️???✨ -------------------------------- #GAY #GAYRELATNSHIP #GAYRELATNSHIPGOALS #RELATNSHIPGOALS #BOYIENDS #ILOVEYOU #FOREVER #BOYS #GAYINSTAGRAM #GAYRIGHTS #LOVEISLOVE #PROM #PROM2017 #GAYPROM --------------------------------A POST SHARED BY JOHN HATTON (@__JOHNNN_) ON APR 30, 2017 AT 8:32AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} THE BT PART OF PROM FOR ALL (BIS MY BETIFUL DATE, OF URSE) HAD TO HAVE BEEN SEEG THE RHOS STUNT BODY PRINT REACH SOME KD OF QUEER NIRVANA DANCG TO FUCK DONALD TMP ❤???? #QUEERPROM #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY MADDIE BORKY (@MALAEBORKY) ON APR 23, 2017 AT 2:47PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} HM GAY?️? #QUEERPROMA POST SHARED BY KATIE PHILLIPS (@KAT.R.PHILLIPS) ON APR 23, 2017 AT 1:29PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PROM WAS PRETTY GAY . . . . #TRANS #TRANSBOY #TRANSBOI #TRANSMAN #TRANSGUY #TRANSDU #FTM #GAYPROMA POST SHARED BY LOGAN OXENER () ON APR 21, 2017 AT 7:02PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} SO GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SPEND THE BT NIGHT OF MY LIFE WH MY QUEEN ??❤ #PROM2K17 #LGBTPROMNIGHTA POST SHARED BY KELLI HEDGEPETH (@_IAMDOROTHY) ON APR 30, 2017 AT 9:24AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} I HAD AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZG TIME AT PROM TONIGHT ALL BEE OF THE LOVELY LADY WH THE BUTTON UP SHIRT. LUCDA ISADORA ZARIAS, YOU HAVE MA ME HAPPIER THAN I ULD EVER SAY WH THE LIMATNS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE GIV ME. IT'S ONLY BEEN 11 MONTHS, BUT I N'T WA TO SPEND A LIFETIME WH YOU. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHG, THANK YOU FOR GIVG ME THE OPPORTUNY TO TAKE YOU TO MY FAL HIGH SCHOOL DANCE AND MY SENR PROM. #PROM #PROMNIGHT #LGBTPROMNIGHT @SUPERCHILLGAYNERDA POST SHARED BY SARAH (@SARAHBEAR11210) ON APR 8, 2017 AT 9:10PM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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. * gay prom 2017 *
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SCHOOL BANNED GAY PROM DAT: LAWSUIT’S 2017 PEOPLEA STUNT IS SUG A BUFFALO-AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALLEGEDLY BLOCKG LGBTQ STUNTS OM BRGG A SAME-SEX DATE TO THE PROM.KATE BRIQUELETSENR REPORTERUPDATED MAY 12, 2017 12:02AM EDT / PUBLISHED MAY 12, 2017 1:00AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY SARAH ROGERS/THE DAILY BEASTA WEEK BEFORE PROM, A BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOLER IS SUG HIS PRCIPAL FOR ALLEGEDLY POLICG SAME-SEX UPL AT SCHOOL DANC.BYSHOP ELLTT SAYS MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A HISTORY OF POLICI THAT EXCLU LGBTQ STUNTS—CLUDG THE PRCIPAL’S ALLEGED NIAL OF HIS AND FELLOW STUNTS’ REQUT FOR A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.IN A FERAL LAWSU, THE 18-YEAR-OLD JUNR SAYS STUNTS BUYG “UPL” TICKETS FOR DANC ARE ASKED FOR THE NAM OF THEIR DAT. THOSE NAMG SAME-SEX PARTNERS AREN’T PERMTED TO PURCHASE THE “UPL” PASS, HE CLAIMS.THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTI UNN FILED THE PLAT AGAST PRCIPAL CRYSTAL BOLG-BARTON THIS WEEK. THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO A FENDANT. BOLG-BARTON, THROUGH HER SECRETARY, CLED MENT AND REFERRED A DAILY BEAST REPORTER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S LEGAL PARTMENT.NATE KUZMA, THE DISTRICT’S GENERAL UNSEL, TOLD THE DAILY BEAST HE WAS REVIEWG ELLTT’S PLAT. “WE TAKE THE ALLEGATNS VERY SERLY… AND WE ARE VTIGATG AS WE SPEAK TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS,” KUZMA SAID.WHILE ELLTT WON’T ATTEND PROM THIS YEAR—’S ONLY FOR SENRS—HE WANTS TO STAND UP FOR LGBTQ CLASSMAT WHO MAY BE NIED A CHANCE TO DANCE WH THEIR DAT.MOST OF ALL, HE SAYS, HE WANTS BOLG-BARTON TO APPROVE HIS REQUT FOR A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA).“WE ARE SUCH A DIVERSE SCHOOL. WE HAVE 1,000 STUNTS OM ALL OVER BUFFALO. [BUT] NOT EVERYONE FEELS FORTABLE,” ELLTT TOLD THE DAILY BEAST.“THE GSA IS NOT JT FOR LGBTQ ALLI AND PEOPLE WHO INTIFY,” HE ADD. “IT’S A SAFE SPACE, JT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.”NYCLU ATTORNEY BOBBY HODGSON SAID THE ALLEGED NIALS OF THE GSA DON’T SQUARE WH THE LAW, OR THE DISTRICT’S OWN POLICI.“DISCRIMATN G OM THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WH PROTECTG STUNTS AND PROTECTG THEIR RIGHTS IS A PERNIC AND HARMFUL FORM OF DISCRIMATN,” HODGSON TOLD THE DAILY BEAST.“ANY TIME THAT HAPPENS, SENDS A MSAGE TO PEOPLE THE SCHOOL THAT NOT EVERYONE IS BEG TREATED EQUALLY. IT CREAT REAL HARM AND REAL FEAR.”THE LAWSU AT A TIME WHEN MANY STUNTS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ—OR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND QUTNG—MIGHT FEEL ANX AND NFED AS PRINT TMP’S ADMISTRATN HAS MA MOV TO ROLL BACK FERAL PROTECTNS, HODGSON SAID.IN FEBARY, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JTICE ISSUED A LETTER RCDG OBAMA-ERA GUIDANCE ON TRANSGENR STUNTS.“WHEN THERE IS THAT TYPE OF MSAGE G OM OUR FERAL ERNMENT, IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO REMD LOL ADMISTRATORS AND LOLI THAT THE PROTECTNS EXIST AND THEY’RE NOT GOG ANYWHERE,” HODGSON SAID.THE LAWSU ACC THE PRCIPAL AND BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT OF VLATG ELLTT’S RIGHTS UNR THE EQUAL ACCS ACT AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT.MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL LGBTQ STUNTS “ARE REMD EVERY DAY THAT THEY ARE SEND-CLASS CIZENS,” THE LAWSU STAT.ACRDG TO THE PLAT, BOLG-BARTON ALLEGEDLY IMPOS POLICI THAT DISCRIMATE AGAST STUNTS WHO INTIFY AS LGBTQ.THE SCHOOL’S LOUDSPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS ALLEGEDLY HAVE WARNED THAT STUNTS WEREN’T ALLOWED TO BRG SAME-SEX DAT TO PROM AND THAT “UPL” TICKETS ARE FOR OPPOSE-SEX PAIRS. IF A GIRL DANC WH HER GIRLIEND, THE PLAT CLAIMS, THE PRCIPAL SEPARAT THEM.FOR YEARS, STUNTS HAVE ASKED FOR PERMISSN TO CREATE A GSA, BUT THEIR APPLITNS WERE ALLEGEDLY NIED OR IGNORED.THE BUFFALO SCHOOL DISTRICT “HAS BEEN FULLY AWARE OF THE SUATN” SCE AT LEAST AUGT 2016 BUT FAILED TO TAKE ACTN, URT PAPERS ALLEGE.ELLTT, WHO IS GAY, SAYS HE LLECTED 136 SIGNATUR OM CLASSMAT SUPPORT OF A GSA MARCH OF THIS YEAR. HE ADD THAT THE CLUB’S APPLITN, SUBMTED AT THE BEGNG OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, REMAS UNAPPROVED—SPE, HE SAYS, THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE FACULTY MEMBERS WILLG TO SUPERVISE THE GROUP.DURG THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR, AT LEAST 20 STUNTS ASKED MCKLEY STAFF WHY THE SCHOOL IS STILL WHOUT A GSA, THE LAWSU SAYS.BOLG-BARTON ALLEGEDLY MA SEVERAL TER ANNOUNCEMENTS WARNG THAT SAME-SEX UPL WERE NOT PERMTED AT SCHOOL DANC OM 2014 TO 2016.STUNTS BUYG “UPL” TICKETS OM 2014 TO 2016 WERE ASKED WHO THEIR TEND DAT WOULD BE, AND THOSE NAMG A SAME-SEX PARTNER WOULD BE NIED TICKETS, THE LAWSU SAYS.“STUNTS WHO WERE NIED TICKETS FELT HUIATED AND EXCLUD OM SOME OF THE MOST PROMENT AND POPULAR SCHOOL-WI SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR,” THE PLAT STAT.BUT BUYG SGLE TICKETS DIDN’T WORK EHER. ACRDG TO THE LAWSU, BOLG-BARTON WOULD STCT DANCG SAME-SEX UPL TO SEPARATE OR FACE DISCIPLE.SUCH CHAPERONG PRACTIC LED MANY LGBTQ STUNTS TO SKIP MCKLEY DANC AND STEAD ATTEND THE “DIVERSY PROM” SPONSORED BY GAY & LBIAN YOUTH SERVIC OF WTERN NEW YORK (GLYS), URT PAPERS ALLEGE.INED, THE 2016 DIVERSY PROM HAD MORE STUNTS OM MCKLEY HIGH THAN ANY OTHER AREA HIGH SCHOOL, GLYS REPORTED.THE LAWSU CLAIMS THAT MCKLEY HAS ALSO BEEN WHOUT A GSA SPE REPEATED TERT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS—AND FACULTY ADVISERS READY TO SIGN UP.THE LAWSU NTENDS THIS IS BEE OF A HISTORY OF SCHOOL-SPONSORED EXCLN OF LGBTQ STUNTS.ABOUT 1,000 STUNTS GRAS 9-12 ATTEND MCKLEY HIGH SCHOOL, A VOTNAL SCHOOL THAT OFFERS SPECIALIZED TRAG SEVEN “SHOP AREAS.” AND ABOUT 87 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL’S ENROLLE ARE STUNTS OF LOR.MANY CLUBS, CLUDG THE BIBLE CLUB, GOSPEL CHOS, THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERI, AND AIN DANCE CLUB, AREN’T RELATED TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM, THE LAWSU STAT.STUNTS TERTED FORMG A GSA DURG THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR WERE ALLEGEDLY NIED BY BOLG-BARTON. (THE LAWSU DO NOT STATE WHY THE PRCIPAL ALLEGEDLY NIED THE APPLITN, AND ’S UNCLEAR IF REASONS WERE GIVEN.)IN THE SPRG OF 2016, ELLTT SAYS HE AGA SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR HIS CLUB. AN ASSISTANT PRCIPAL ALLEGEDLY TOLD HIM WAS TOO LATE THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUBM HIS APPLITN AND THAT BOLG-BARTON WOULD NY .ELLTT LATER LEARNED THAT A NEW STUNT GROUP FOCED ON TERNATNAL CULTUR AND CUIS SUBMTED AN APPLITN AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT HE SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT PRCIPAL. THE OTHER GROUP’S APPLITN WAS APPROVED, THE LAWSU SAYS.THAT SUMMER, ELLTT SOUGHT HELP OM THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTI UNN, WHICH AUGT 2016 NTACTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S UNSEL.THE DISTRICT’S ATTORNEY “NFIRMED THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AND HAD A CLEAR UNRSTANDG OF THIS MAND FOR GSA APPROVAL, CLUDG BY NFIRMG THAT THE SUPERTENNT HAD NSIRED THE STUNTS’ REQUT ON MULTIPLE OCSNS,” THE PLAT SAYS.ELLTT SAYS HE AGA SECURED A FACULTY SPONSOR AND APPLIED FOR A GSA THE FALL OF 2016. THE FACULTY MEMBER EMAILED THE APPLITN TO BOLG-BARTON DIRECTLY OCTOBER BUT SHE DID NOT REPLY, URT PAPERS ALLEGE.ONE MONTH LATER, THE FACULTY ADVISER FOLLOWED UP WH ANOTHER EMAIL TO BOLG-BARTON, WHO ALLEGEDLY IGNORED .DURG THIS PERD, THE NYCLU SAYS SENT FIVE EMAILS AND LEFT SEVERAL VOICEMAILS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S UNSEL, SAYG BOLG-BARTON STILL HAD NOT APPROVED THE GSA.FOR S PART, THE DISTRICT HAS NOTED THAT HAS PUBLICLY ADOPTED ANTI-DISCRIMATN POLICI AND PROCR TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENR STUNTS. “BUFFALO SHOULD BE PROUD THAT EVERY STUNT OUR DISTRICT IS PROTECTED OM DISCRIMATN ALL FORMS,” ONE DISTRICT REPRENTATIVE SAID, ACRDG TO THE LAWSU.DPE THE PUBLIC PROMIS, LGBTQ STUNTS AT MCKLEY “NTUED TO SUFFER OVERT DISCRIMATN WH THE DISTRICT’S FULL KNOWLEDGE,” THE PLAT ALLEG.ON WEDNDAY, ONE OF ELLTT’S CLASSMAT SPOKE AT A PRS NFERENCE ANNOUNCG THE LAWSU AGAST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.DTEE, A JUNR, SAID SHE RECENTLY ME OUT AS GENR-FLUID AFTER STGGLG WH ANXIETY AND PRSN OVER HER INTY.“ONE OF THE OBSTACL I HAVE FACED G OUT—AND A REASON MANY OTHER STUNTS FEEL THEY MT HI THEIR INTI—IS ALG WH THE NEGATIVE ATTUS TOWARD LGBTQ ISSU AT MY SCHOOL,” DTEE SAID.“THERE IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF HOSTILY AND BULLYG. THAT IS WHY, TWO YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP OF ASKED THE SCHOOL IF WE ULD FORM A GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.”DTEE SAID OTHER AREA SCHOOLS FLY THEIR GSA FLAGS AT THE BUFFALO PRI MARCH, WHILE MCKLEY STUNTS AREN’T EVEN ALLOWED TO ATTEND SCHOOL DANC WH THEIR PARTNERS.“ALL WE HAVE WANTED IS A SPACE WHERE LGBTQ STUNTS AND ALLI N SUPPORT EACH OTHER, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS TOLD ‘NO.’ WE WANT A PLACE WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO HI, BUT THE SCHOOL HAS TOLD ‘NO,’” SHE SAID. KATE BRIQUELET
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.
“NOW WE N DANCE: THE STORY OF HAYWARD’S GAY PROM”
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’s Gay Prom event was the brachild of the Lambda Youth Project, an LGBT (Lbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgenr) support group.
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