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• 25THJO JUNE 25TH FOR THE ANNUAL NYC PRI MARCH!EXPLOREBROWSE EVENTSFILTER BYPRI PRODUCEDFEATUREDFREE EVENT21+YOUTHPARTNER EVENTRETJUN252:00 PMTHE DLBLISS DAYSNYC PRI'S ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF LGBTQIA+ WOMXN, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FEMME FATALEMORE TAILSJUN252:00 PMBROOKLYN ARMY TERMALPRI ISLANDCHRISTA AGUILERA ANNOUNCED AS HEADLER OF NYC PRI'S PRI ISLANDMORE TAILSJUN2511:00 AMNEW YORK, NYTHE MARCHTHE NYC PRI MARCH ON JUNE 25TH WILL BEG OM 25TH STREET AND 5TH AVENUEMORE TAILSJUN2511:00 AMGREENWICH VILLAGEPRIFTPRIFT IS BACK FOR OUR ANNUAL LGBTQIA+ STREET FAIRMORE TAILSJUN242:00 PMCLUB LAMBDA BKTEAZENYC PRI'S ANNUAL CELEBRATN OF QUEER EXISTENCE TEAZING NEW YORK'S MOST DIVERSE PARTY EXPERIENCMORE TAILSJUN2412:00 PMDOMO PARKYOUTH PRITHE QUEER AFFIRMG EVENT CELEBRATG OUR MUNY’S YOUTH PLAYS BROOKLYN’S DOMO PARKMORE TAILSJUN1811:30 AMTHE ALTMAN BUILDGTHE BNCHAN LGBTQIA+ CULARY EXPERIENCEMORE TAILSJUN174:30 PM154 CHRISTOPHER STTHE RALLYJORDYN JAY AND MILAN GARçON HOST NYC PRI'S THE RALLYMORE TAILSJUN264:00 AMPOLYGON BKFEVER AFTERHOURSWE'RE THRILLED TO SERVE YOU NYCS LARGT, FIERCT AND FAVORE LGBTQ+ AFTERHOURS EVENT!MORE TAILSJUN2510:00 PMKNOCKDOWN CENTERHORSE MEAT DISJOSH WOOD PRODUCTNS IS PROUD TO PRENT HORSE MEAT DISCO NEW YORK’S 2023 PRIDE PARTYMORE TAILSJUN255:00 PMAVANT GARDNERALEGRIA PRIDE 2023ALEGRIA PRIDE IS A DAY & NIGHT EVENT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 25THMORE TAILSJUN253:00 PMELSEWHERE ROOFTOPHOT RABB PRENTS – TRIPLE CROWNWE HAVE THE BETIFUL ELSEWHERE BROOKLYN ROOFTOP OVERLOOKG THE CY SKYLEMORE TAILSJUN2410:00 PMTERMAL 5NYC PRI XXLNISSIM + COX = NYC PRI XXLMORE TAILSJUN244:00 PMNEBULAPOSHPOSH IS BEG HOSTED AT NEBULA, A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT IMMERSIVE VENUE WH MOVG LED SCREENS OM THE ROOF TO THE FLOORS.MORE TAILSJUN2411:00 AMPIER 17HTER STREET FAIRTHE BT STREET FAIR OF NEW YORK CY IS OUTDOORS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH TO CELEBRATE PRI WEEKENDMORE TAILSJUN245:00 AMTHE MEADOWS BKRESETRET AFTER HOURS TAK ON PRI NYC SATURDAY MORNG, JUNE 24THMORE TAILSJUN244:00 AMTHE COCKPOSCURO PRIANTON CENO EVENTS IS PROUD TO TRODUCE THE OFFICIAL AFTER HOURS OF NYC PRI SATURDAY MORNGMORE TAILSJUN2310:00 PMWEBSTER HALLHOT RABB PRENTS – PRIDAYJO 2000+ QUEERS AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED LEGENDARY WEBSTER HALL!MORE TAILSJUN2310:00 PMHK HALLBRÜTALLY PROUDBRÜTALLY PROUD FALLY RETURNS TO MANHATTAN TO THE GOLIATH HELL’S KCHEN NIGHT CLUB - HK HALLMORE TAILSJUN2310:00 PMTERMAL 5MATEE PERVERTEUROPE’S BIGGT EVENT TO NYC FOR AN XXL PRI EDN.MORE TAILSJUN2310:00 PMSILO BKSCTNTHE BT OF MASC & FEMME SCTN WOMEN CENTERED RAVE AND DANCE PETN FOR QTBIPOCMORE TAILSJUN238:00 PMUNR THE K BRIDGELADYLAND FTIVALLADYLAND FTIVAL IS AN ANNUAL OUTDOOR QUEER MIC EXTRAVAGANZA AND PRI PARTY HELD BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.MORE TAILSJUN237:00 PMROLLERWAVE HOE BKSTRI WH PRIA CELEBRATN OF THE PNEERG NTRIBUTNS OF OUR LGBTQ+ FAYMORE TAILSJUN237:00 PM1 BOWLG GREENNATIVE PRI EXTRAVAGANZACELEBRATE THIS YEAR’S NYC PRI “STRENGTH SOLIDARY” AT THE SMHSONIAN’S NATNAL MM OF THE AMERIN INDIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 23 AT 7 P.M.MORE TAILSJUN2210:00 PM3 DOLLAR BILLLIBERNCHYDANCE WORLDS COLLI LIKE NEVER BEFORE!MORE TAILSJUN227:00 PMACE HOTELQUEERPALOOZAJO RAW HONEY AS THEY KICK OFF “QUEERPALOOZA”, THEIR NYC PRI WEEK OF EVENTS CELEBRATG QTBIPOC.MORE TAILSJUN217:05 PMYANKEE STADIUMYANKE PRI NIGHTJO THE NEW YORK YANKE AS WE CELEBRATE NEW YORK’S LEGACY OF PRI FOR SELECT GAM DURG JUNE.MORE TAILSJUN217:00 PMCHELSEA MIC HALLSO MANY ISSU WH LAS!FOR PRI MONTH, THE SHOW IS GOG TO BE BIGGER, BETTER AND GAYER THAN EVER BEFORE!MORE TAILSJUN20
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• THE BT LGBT AND GAY HALLOWEEN EVENTS NYC
• 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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The cy is home to the renowned Rho Island School of Dign, the annual WaterFire art stallatn ftival and an LGBTQ Film Ftival—as well as artisanal ffee shops, gay-iendly bathho and an unrground mic Inspired by art, creators and ventors, The Dean offers ser style.

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” Take up rince at this boutique hotel and be sure to stop for a cup of Bolt Coffee the After takg a self-guid walkg tour to see the 18th- and 19th-century archecture of the cy, stop the RISD Mm to view s permanent llectn of more than 100, 000 piec of IcelandReykjavik, IcelandHoppg a flight to Iceland is almost as easy as grabbg the jney to the Hamptons, but jt over four hours, you’ll land this island natn where weekend activi clu everythg om hikg a glacier to spottg the northern lights and htg a gay bar. Pl, there is a daily tastg the bar of lol beers and spirs, so be sure to toast wh your fellow Do: Pk Iceland is the untry’s leadg LGBTQ-owned tour operator, wh gay-specific experienc, tours of popular statns like the Goln Circle, and lol LGBTQ guis to let visors on hidn gems. Fascatgly enough, there’s no gay district Reykjavik—the cy is known for beg so clive that you’ll fd the gay muny pretty much everywhere.

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Two gay prom events are slated to take place this summer to allow LGBTQ+ kids om all over the untry to celebrate their love on the dance floor. There’s no shortage of LGBT and gay Halloween events NYC this time of year.

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Rivalg NYC’s Gay Pri Para enthiasm, stum and all around queerns is the annual Village Halloween Para down Sixth Avenue. A week before prom, a Buffalo high schooler is sug his prcipal for allegedly policg same-sex upl at school 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 a feral lawsu, the 18-year-old junr says stunts buyg “upl” tickets for danc are asked for the nam of their dat.

“We take the allegatns very serly… and we are vtigatg as we speak to get to the bottom of this, ” Kuzma 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 of all, he says, he wants Bolg-Barton to approve his requt for a gay-straight alliance (GSA). ”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 Febary, the Department of Edutn and the Department of Jtice issued a letter rcdg Obama-era guidance on transgenr stunts.

Elltt, who is gay, says he llected 136 signatur om classmat support of a GSA March of this year. Acrdg to the lawsu, Bolg-Barton would stct dancg same-sex upl to separate or face 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, the 2016 Diversy Prom had more stunts om McKley High than any other area high school, GLYS lawsu claims that McKley has also been whout a GSA spe repeated tert over the last few years—and faculty advisers ready to sign lawsu ntends this is bee of a history of school-sponsored excln of LGBTQ 1, 000 stunts gras 9-12 attend McKley High School, a votnal school that offers specialized trag seven “shop areas. That is why, two years ago, a small group of asked the school if we uld form a gay-straight alliance.

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

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTLONG ISLAND JOURNALJune 17, 2001See the article s origal ntext om June 17, 2001, Sectn LI, Page 14Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal of beg gawked at bee he is gay, Carlos Luis Collazo didn't go to the senr prom two weeks ago at his high school Manhattan.

LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; GAYS ENJOY THE NIGHT AT A PROM OF THEIR OWN

''In my school, there's a lot of gay-bashg, '' said Carlos,, he felt a b jected at skippg such a tradnal high school event. His boyiend of six months, Maxxwell Santiago, 20, promised him a celebratn where he would be safe om the jeers that plague him at school, a prom where they uld savor a slow dance and an eveng that they uld remember June 8, the uple held hands as they sat on the moonl ck at the Island Hills Golf and Country Club Sayville, takg a break om dancg at the Pri Gala, a prom for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr youth. The formal dner-dance was sponsored by Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth, a not-for-prof agency that offers danc every Friday night their Bay Shore offic for youths 13 to 21 years old and years past has held a prom there and at a lol Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.

Siar celebratns have been held om Boston to Seattle, and Pri for Youth, an anizatn that unsels gay youth Bellmore, is expectg 100 gay and lbian teenagers for a formal masquera ball on Friday at the Thatched Cottage, a terg hall Centerport. But bee of s spe and lotn, the Sayville event was billed as the first full-fledged prom for gay and lbian high school stunts Kilmnick, executive director of Long Island Gay and Lbian Youth, said 10 to 20 percent of the populatn, or more than 100, 000 youngsters on Long Island, are eher homosexual or grapplg wh same-sex attractn. Andrew Peters, project director of Pri for Youth, which also holds weekly ffeeho for gay and lbian teenagers, said that six Nass County high schools have gay-straight allianc.

WH PRI AND CORSAG, GAY PROMS REACH SUBURBS

''Gay and lbian youth don't serve any ls than anyone else, '' Mr. Kilmnick said, notg that gay youth the suburbs feel particularly isolated and unsafe their muni. Mannequs were drsed to show gay and lbian upl gettg married, servg openly the ary and as Boy Sut lears.

Santiago, who me out at 13, said beg openly gay a Catholic high school Brooklyn was a nightmare. To stave off problems, he brought a female date to his own senr prom, but still felt the gay prom, he felt at home. ''Four years after he graduated om high school, Norberto Rivera, 22, a chemist om Wt Islip and a peer tor for homosexual youth, fally had his cherished moment.

At the gay prom, Rachele wore a shimmerg black gown, Ja a tuxedo.