This Prom Queen Is a Man, Baby!
In the same month that the California Supreme Court voted to uphold a ban on gay marriage, seniors at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles voted Sergio Garcia as their prom queen, proving once again that if you wish to find more open-minded folk, you can always turn to the youth.
In the same month that the California Supreme Court voted to uphold a ban on gay marriage, seniors at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles voted Sergio Garcia as their prom queen, proving once again that if you wish to find more open-minded folk, you can always turn to the youth.
WAIT BEFORE YOU GO...The Los Angeles Times:
Sergio Garcia stood in the gymnasium and told the senior class at Fairfax High School not to worry: If he was elected, he wouldn’t wear a dress.
“I will be wearing a suit,” Garcia said, “but don’t be fooled, deep down inside, I am a queen!”
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Before I came out, I thought it was normal to “debate” our right to marry or hold a job. Now I know it’s not—at all.
Churning out cheap rainbow swag during Pride Month is about marketing, not supporting LGBTQ+ people.
The law had been in place since 1861, when the country was still a colony of the British empire.
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