"To have this happen, is huge" said Kiku Johnson, executive director of the Rainbow Community Center, one of the prom's co-sponsors. "To have that visibility, and it's not even just couples, it's all the ways in which we show up".
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Plus-ones can be from another school, but must be between 16 and 19 years of age. Tickets are $40.
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More information about the event can be found on the PFLAG Claycord website.
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