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Safe Proms In High-Risk Times, Nicholas J. Pace
Safe Proms In High-Risk Times, Nicholas J. Pace
Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications
In the spring of Pete's senior year, Jeri told me that he was probably going to stop keeping his secret and would likely bring his boyfriend to the prom. I exhaled a heavy combination of a laugh and a scoff. "You've got to talk him out of it," I said, matter-of- factly. My initial response had no relationship to my feelings toward the morality of homosexuality, nor did it result from any deeply held philosophical or religious views on homosexuality. The gut level response came, sadly, from a purely administrative, managerial, "try to keep the lid on" mentality. We talked …