By Saul Sugarman
Prom is a time to ask that high school sweetheart to the year’s most notable class social. Girls don tacky frocks, boys rent tuxes, and everyone chips in for a limo.
Often though, queer teens factor in tensions with parents at home, being bullied at school, and coming to terms with an adult life where they’ll likely stand out from many in their cohort. This traditional rite of passage becomes a lot to bite off at age 17.
Two nonprofits aimed to ease that struggle in recent weeks: the SF LGBT Center threw a soirée for the queer youth of today, and Impulse SF hosted one for adults, many who came to do it right the second time around. We captured it all in photos, and it was beautiful.
Impulse SF Queer Prom
June 3rd, 2023 at The Chapel. Photos by Devlin Shand, Randy Lucina, and Aaron Levy-Wolins
SF LGBT Center Queer Prom
June 16th, 2023 at SF LGBT Center. Photos by Aaron Levy-Wolins.
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