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Prom Queen loses big
, 365gay.com
05.26.2010 8:00am EDT
05.26.2010 8:00am EDT
Prom
Queen Omar Bonilla may have won big at this year’s Prideline Youth
Services gay prom, but he lost something as well – a home. According to Miami Herald , Bonilla says he can no longer live
at home after attending a high school prom in drag.
Last
month, Bonilla ran for prom queen at Flanagan High in Pembroke Pines,
Fla.. According to the Miami Herald, he ranked among the top three
contenders. The school then suspended him on what some contend is a
trumped-up charge and he was barred from the dance. School officials
informed Bonilla that “he could not wear a blue sequin gown to the
prom.”
Photo of Prom Queen Omar
Bonilla and Prom King Malichi "Mina" Kirby at Pridelines 2010 gay prom
from the Miami Herald
After Bonilla’s story gained national
attention in print and online media, Pridelines invited Omar to the organization’s gay
prom. He won the prom queen title dressed in drag as his alter ego
Allison Rodriguez.
“I was really happy about it. I always wanted
to win for prom queen,” Bonilla said Sunday. “I felt accepted in many
ways.”
While many may have accepted Bonilla’s win, his parents
did not. According to Omar, they told him to turn in his keys and leave
home. The 19-year-old anticipates that he will live with relatives.
His
parents could not be reached for comment, the Herald said.
Said: May 26th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Didn’t
say anything about his parents being “fashion critics”! They toss him
out just because they didn’t like his outfit?…Seriously, ya gotta wonder
what kind of parent does this to their child? Certainly not a paernet
worth a damn…I am sorry Bonilla is being treated this way, his parents
don’t deserve to have children…hope his relatives are cut from better
cloth than his parents are….Good luck!
at 10:38 am
Any parent who would worry more about their
own self preservation and self esteem than that of their child’s, does
not deserve to be a parent in the first place. What ever happened to the
concept of unconditional love for a child, I suppose that only applies
with some parents if their child is not Gay!
Family
values and unconditional love at their best.
2010 at 12:00 pm
it took my parents 8 years to let me
come visit them in the house they kicked me out of after walking in on
me and my bf.
at 12:11 pm
The ugliness continues.
26th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I feel for this young man. When I
came out in 1985 my parents told me to change or leave. I did the
possible thing and left. We had icy relations for 8 years after. Today
they accept my husband and myself. And they do enjoy the bonus adopted
grand child they never expected.
But somehow I feel parents today
should be more accepting.
Tom in Long Beach
The
saddest part of this story, for me, is the many comments which claim
disbelief at parents treating their gay children in such a manner, or
disbelief that “unconditional” love isn’t the standard. These types of
family situations occur so much more often than many people realize —
they just don’t get the attention this particular well-published series
of events got. It IS sad; but not isolated by any means.
Although
my parents haven’t talked to me in over a year since coming out, I am
the happiest I’ve been in a LONG time.
My heart and prayers go out to
this young man and just hope that he gets to be himself and happy.