All over the country, stories are emerging of LGBT students not only being accepted by their peers, but celebrated.
For queer high school students everything isn't always easy or simple. Thankfully a lot of schools are embracing and celebrating LGBT students:
Source: autostraddle.com
For the schools, students and teachers who are doing it right: Thank you. For the schools that aren't, this is how it's done.
Transgender Middleboro High School senior Cody Tubman was crowned prom queen:
Just last week Cody Tubman was thrilled to take home the prize of prom queen at her Boston-area high school. According to Queerty, Tubman began identifying as transgender in ninth grade. She says she feels “confident and comfortable” in her body, and has received nothing but support from fellow classmates and teachers. She told CBS Boston, “You’re always going to have people that understand you and if you’re different it’s going to be hard. It was kind of like a realization that people are accepting and it doesn’t really matter to them. So it was a good feeling.”
Dylan Meehan and Brad Taylor voted "cutest couple" for the 2013 school year:
These two stole the hearts of Carmel High School’s student body, and took home the yearbook title of "cutest couple." The couple’s close friend Chelsea Blaney posted the image to her Tumblr, and people took notice quickly. Chelsea wrote, “Two of my best friends won Cutest Couple of our senior class. First time in my school history a same sex couple has even been able to run for this category, not to mention winning it. So proud of them, and my school.” They are the first same-sex couple at Carmel High School to win this honor. As if that wasn't cute enough, they went to prom together.
