Senior Prom

For residents of an LGBTQ+ retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning.

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Premiered June 01, 2021

Senior Prom

For so many high-schoolers, prom is a rite of passage in all of its love-filled, well-coiffed, abundantly photographed glory. But for generations of LGBTQ+ youth, prom has been emblematic of an exclusion from a world they could not experience as their authentic selves.

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