My girlfriend and I just want to be nominated for prom King and Queen.
Is that too much to ask for?
My girlfriend and I heard from some people in student government that we were probably going to get the nomination for prom king and queen since we had a lot of people vote for us. It was a far fetched dream, but we thought it could possible happen. We didn’t realize it would become what it is now. In less than a week, our story has gone viral. National! Why? Because everyone in student government and a ton of students at our school voted for us to be nominated as prom king and queen, but administration struck it down. Only a guy can be king they said. There’s no such thing as a girl being king.
I disagree. If the students fucking vote for a girl to be king, let her be on the ballot. If the students vote for a guy to be queen, let him be on the ballot. It’s tradition though, they say. Fuck tradition. So much discrimination has happened because of traditional ideals. This is not the first time this has happened. Several times our school has discriminated against people because of religion.
Just let the students choose who they want for prom royalty, or royalty for any dance.
Last year, the winners of prom royalty were a heterosexual couple. Nominated together. Two years ago, my friend was nominated with his girlfriend as a couple for homecoming royalty. Couples are always nominated by the students. Hayley (my girlfriend, @pelicanteven) and I were nominated as a couple alongside two other straight couples by the student body vote. The ballot that we write on to nominate royalty says “king” and “queen”. The way this is set up is insinuated to vote for couples. While they say that the system isn’t based off of couples, it entirely is. Now that a lesbian couple was nominated together, they have decided to say that it isn’t about couples at all, but instead individuals, which is just their way of discriminating against me and Hayley because they refuse to have a lesbian couple as prom royalty due to their homophobia and own religious beliefs. All my girlfriend and I ask for is for anyone, regardless of gender, to be nominated under king or queen, whichever is chosen by popular vote.
If you’d like to help spread the word, use this hashtag everywhere: #longlivethequeens
Also, my parents are completely against everything I’m doing and have banned me from showing any support (you can see I’m not following that). They forbid me from talking or doing anything about it, saying that bringing up controversy will ruin my future. They’re wrong, everything I’m doing is within my rights. I think colleges are going to want me even more. I need your help to share this because this is all I can do now.
The best links to read more about our story. Our story is spreading like wildfire.
YOUTUBE VIDEO MADE BY OUR BEST FRIEND (featuring my beautiful girlfriend) - https://youtu.be/eByjNxlrgKo
This one is the most accurate/best: http://mic.com/articles/142142/this-lesbian-couple-in-california-is-fighting-for-the-right-to-be-prom-queens#.XEj7UWHp6
http://www.seventeen.com/prom/news/a40056/this-lesbian-couple-is-fighting-against-their-schools-ban-on-same-sex-prom-court-couples/ (SEVENTEEN!!)
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a57735/school-wont-let-lesbian-couple-win-prom-queen-king/ (AND COSMOPOLITAN)
http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,21003184,00.html (PEOPLE.COM GUYS OMG)
http://www.advocate.com/youth/2016/4/28/california-principal-two-prom-queens-would-be-unfair-boys-video
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/04/california-high-school-wont-let-lesbian-couple-be-prom-queens/
