The Homecoming Queen...is a QUEEN!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:11pm

I figure we all can use a little good news- and the good news today is the Dog that Didn't Bark. It seems a California High School elected a gay couple Homecoming King & Queen (or Queen & Queen?). They won a write in campaign and rode arm & arm on the Homecoming float. There's an article about it in the Sacremento Bee- and the big news is that no one cares. No one protested, no one wants to require only heterosexual couples can run, no one even thinks it's weird. "Parent Lorna Bernard said she was taken aback by the news -- only because in her day, a gay couple stood to be harassed by their peers, not elected. But Raphael and Gatewood, she said, are "not just accepted, they're popular -- popular enough to be elected as homecoming princes."

And that, she said, is "really cool." "

Yes, it is.


Sacrento Bee

[soapguy17]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:13pm

Why does this make me happy?

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:16pm

Well done, ladies. Well done.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:16pm

Adorable.

[mateo]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:21pm

awww!

They look like Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal in Y Tu Mamá También.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 4:22pm

Sweet Sixteen. Dating for four months.

[DG]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:46pm

I love this.

So much.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:47pm

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:48pm

This is disgustingly cute. I'm all warm and fuzzy.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:48pm

Fantastic! Good for them.

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:52pm

Good for them, good for the school, good for the community. I'd love to believe that our local HS would be so accepting, but I know we're not there yet (I think many of the kids are, but I know few of the parents are).

[MotorTink]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 10:53pm

Congrats to them!!

[DG]

Posted: 10/26/07 at 11:02pm

"I think many of the kids are, but I know few of the parents are"

I think that's disturbingly true.

I have a friend that's fond of saying, "Every day, another old bigot dies." While somewhat morbid and cynical, I think there's truth in the fact that the old mores ARE dying off - just not quick enough for my taste.

But how wonderful that younger people DO seem to be embracing plurality more and more. SOUTH PACIFIC showed us that you have to be carefully taught - so there's extreme validity in getting this type of thing out in public - to teach.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 12:41pm

Rock on! I knew there was a reason I'm applying to schools in California.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 4:01pm

*Edit*

Because I totally mis-read that thread.


I need to wake up before I post.



I'm thrilled that this has happened.

Updated On: 10/27/07 at 04:01 PM

[grnsmwhr]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 4:38pm

Kudos to the students at Davis, the school administration, community and especially to Brandon and Kiernan for going for it. I loved when they said they didn't do it to make a political statement. They just wanted to win...like everybody else. So sweet.

[Ariella]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 4:49pm

Good for them. That's completely awesome.

Mateo - I thought the same thing! One of them looks a lot like Diego Luna, and throw in the car: y tu mama tambien

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 5:12pm

That's absolutely phenomenal. Finally people aren't turning away so easily. Good for them.

[Hatchet-Face]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 5:52pm

Good for them! More power to them!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 5:57pm

"Finally people aren't turning away so easily."

From what?

We were ALWAYS here.

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 6:05pm

That wasn't what I meant at all. I meant finally people are accepting things without automatically shutting it out.

Basically, people are learning.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 6:07pm

And I love that.

And the fact that they are both 'Prince'.


Make them both Kings!!!!!!!!!!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 7:20pm

Diva, I think they are Princes because they're Juniors, not Seniors.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 10/27/07 at 8:34pm

Aw, I'm so glad this is on here. I've heard about it locally a lot. This makes me so happy.

[DG]

Posted: 10/28/07 at 3:19am

Bump - because I like this.

A lot.