“I love wearing fun, gorgeous gowns like this because I feel like I’m expressing myself authentically, and I feel like I’m living my truth, and owning who I am, and sharing that with the world.” — Jacob Tobia
“What you are, what you feel, how you dress is totally legitimate, and you shouldn’t ever have to feel like you have to be something you’re not.” — Alok Vaid-Menon
“If prom is supposed to be this quintessential high school experience that all young people are supposed to be able to have, what are they doing to make them feel included?” — Renee Reopell
“I just didn’t wanna wear anything that had like gender attached to it.” — Tyler Ford
In a lot of states, high schools have strict gendered dress codes on what people can wear to prom, often policing people’s gender expressions and identities. It’s sad, and it’s limiting.
