Break out the corsages and boutonnières, over-the-top limos, tuxes, strapless bras and gowns, bad photos and beards. It's prom season. In honor of that rite of passage, and inspired by Ellen DeGeneres' prom pic (see above), we thought we'd collect photos of gay ladies and their proms. While a few folks who submitted pictures attended prom with a special lady plenty of us had boyfriends -- or in my case a 'gay' boyfriend-- we took to prom. Enjoy our collection of the good, the bad and the awkward photos.
Break out the corsages and boutonnières, over-the-top limos, tuxes, strapless bras and gowns, bad photos and beards. It's prom season. In honor of that rite of passage, and inspired by Ellen DeGeneres' prom pic (see above), we thought we'd collect photos of gay ladies and their proms. While a few folks who submitted pictures attended prom with a special lady plenty of us had boyfriends -- or in my case a 'gay' boyfriend-- we took to prom. Enjoy our collection of the good, the bad and the awkward photos.
Tracy (Editor in Chief of SheWired):
Here I am in the red tea length dress, with what appears to be a faux mullet (ah, the 80s). I attended my senior prom with my gay boyfriend, Tim. I think we both knew we wanted other things but we were both theater queens and I loved that he used Henna in his hair and altered his tux pants to be ‘skinny.’ That night my older sister Pam ended up crashing my prom and dancing with my English teacher while my best friend (the Marine in the pic) made passes at me, and Tim didn't seem to notice, or care. The following day we all took off to the beach on the Connectictut shore listening to The Smiths' Hatful of Hollow the entire drive there. It was the first time I'd heard of them, and, at seventeen, I thought I was just so subversive.
Dawn:
The year was 1992 and I went to Incarnate Word, an all-girl Catholic school. (Sally Jessy Raphael was popular so the glasses were not my fault.) And a year before I saw What's Love Got To Do With It, I somehow managed to channel Angela Bassett. :)
Celeste:
My name is Celeste, and I am a lesbian from a small town in Texas called Lyford. In 2004, my senior year of high school, my fiancée and I attended our senior prom together. We had been a couple for 6 months, and were not only the first openly gay couple at prom, but the first openly gay couple at our high school. We had a great time, and were fortunate enough not to have been discriminated against. After we graduated, several other students came up to me to say I encouraged them to be open about themselves.
I am now a recent law school graduate who hopes to continue to change the world, one perspective at a time. Here we are, my fiancé and I at our high school prom in 2004. I am the one in the pink dress, and my fiancé Davina is the one in the tuxedo.
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