{"id":6584,"date":"2013-10-09T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-10-09T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T13:11:31","slug":"illinois-lesbian-and-gay-students-elected-homecoming-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2013\/10\/illinois-lesbian-and-gay-students-elected-homecoming-royalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois lesbian and gay students elected Homecoming Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Defying the stereotype of a Homecoming king and queen neither student describe themselves as popular, but rather likable students with a lot of supportive friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAriana and I are both out and open about our sexuality,\u201d Eric said. \u201cOur attitude is we are who we are and if that bothers people, that\u2019s OK, but we have so many friends who accept us for who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Alajakis, the parental and public information officer for Waukegan Public Schools, explained that the homecoming king and queen are chosen strictly by the number of student votes they receive, with the provision that they are in good academic and behavioral standing.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what it says about the students voting a gay and lesbian classmate as their Homecoming king and queen, Steven Hamlin, director of Waukegan High School\u2019s Washington campus, said the question is something adults are more likely to contemplate than teenagers.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/newssun.suntimes.com\/lifestyles\/22978901-423\/waukegan-students-elect-gay-lesbian-classmates-for-homecoming-royalty.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/17483\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defying the stereotype of a Homecoming king and queen neither student describe themselves as popular, but rather likable students with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,195],"tags":[14138,366],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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