Parents Disown Florida Prom Queen for Being Gay, Doing Drag

[Ian David]

Parents Disown Florida Prom Queen for Being Gay, Doing Drag

Omar Bonilla, a 19-year-old student at Flanagan High in Pembroke Pines, ran for prom queen and was one of the top three in the running, but school officials said they feared for his safety and forbid him from coming to prom in drag. They also found a convenient way to bar him from doing so — by citing and suspending him for parking in a visitor's spot in the school parking lot.


Bonilla was then invited to a Pridelines gay prom, the Miami Herald reports, but while he found acceptance there, his parents have thrown him out on the street:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/23/1644354/hes-a-prom-queen-after-all-but.html

"Dressed in drag, Bonilla attended the Pridelines party -- along with 250 other youths from Miami-Dade and Broward counties -- and won the prom queen title. 'My message is to be true to yourself and don't be scared of what people say to you,' Bonilla said. 'Don't be scared to be open and show your true colors. Don't care what people say, and be strong.' The school flap and resulting publicity helped Bonilla achieve his dream, but it also cost him -- his parents on Sunday told him to turn in his keys and leave home, he says. His parents could not be reached for comment. 'I got all my belongings in the car,' he said. Bonilla said he would stay with friends overnight and that he hoped to live with relatives."

More:
http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/parents-disown-florida-prom-queen-for-being-gay-doing-drag.html

[msongs]

1. being booted out is a GIFT and he will recognize that over time nt

[Occulus]

2. Wasn't for me

My parents absolutely ruined the career I was trying to build for myself. Gave me the boot, waited for my college grades to crash, and yanked the funding they were paying for me to go- right after all financial aid for the year had been awarded, which I didn't bother applying for because of my parents' help.

You know what, though? Fuck it, today's my birthday- I'm not going to bum myself out over it today. It still bleeds sometimes, though, even after almost fifteen years.

[AndyA]

3. Happy Birthday, Occulus!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn: :party: :toast: :bounce: :silly: :beer: :loveya: :donut: :hug: :grouphug: :pals: :fistbump: :headbang: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause: :popcorn:

Sometimes life deals us a crappy hand. It's what you do with it that really matters. Your parents don't understand and that's not your fault, and there's nothing you can do about it. So live your life, be happy and have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Being happy is ultimately the best revenge. ;)

[Occulus]

7. Oh my GOODNESS

Smiley party!

:D

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Happy Birthday!

:toast: I hope you're having a wonderful day and countless more to come! :hi:

[JohnnyLib2]

6. Happy birthday!

There are good people around, sorry that you weren't born to any!

[applegrove]

10. Happy Birthday!

[RetiredTrotskyite]

11. REALLY Belated Birthday, Occulus!!

:bounce: :pals: :grouphug: :headbang: :yourock: :applause:

He looks GREAT in that picture. I agree his parents probably did him a favour by throwing him out, but I can understand his feeling hurt. My best wishes to him in all his endeavours.

[Scuba]

4. +1

Good luck to Bonilla

[donheld]

8. Omar is a strong brave young man

I wish like hell I'd have been that brave when I was 19

[Ian David]

9. I wish I looked that good in a dress. n/t

[Imagevision]

12. She looks better then Fergie...