ORLANDO | Your senior prom is a rite of passage for those ready to graduate from high school to celebrate with friends one last time before heading into adulthood, but for many who identify as LGBTQ, prom wasn’t able to be all they wanted it to be.
Come Out With Pride wants to give those who didn’t have the ideal prom experience a do over with an adult-only Pride Prom.
“We deserve a do-over where we can be who we want to be, bring who we want to bring, and freely wear what we want to wear, ” said Tatiana Quiroga, COWP’s executive director, in a press release.
Pride Prom will be an in-person prom event for LGBTQ adults 21 and over, held April 16 from 8 p.m.-12 a.m. at the Orlando Museum of Art. The prom theme will be “Express Yourself.”
“This event is geared toward the LGBTQIA+ community – especially those who identify as trans and non-binary,” COWP stated in its release. “It will be a safer space where each person can be their authentic selves and bring dates and allies that they perhaps couldn’t for high school prom. Of course, allies will be welcome too.”
The Pride Prom will include dancing, entertainment, a photo booth, a VIP experience and more.
Tickets are $40 for general admission and $150 for the VIP experience, which will include a VIP lounge, light bites, two complimentary drinks and a private bar. For a limited time, you can use the code DANCINGQUEEN to get 25% of your general admission ticket.
For more information and to get your prom tickets, go to ComeOutWithPride.org/Prom.
