It’s the height of prom season, so what better time is there for a sweet story about a female couple crowned prom king and queen? We couldn’t be happier for Lindsey Creel and Brie Grimes, the adorable couple from Florida who became prom royalty last month at Tallahassee’s Leon High School.
And while the pictures prove that they were destined to be prom royalty, their crowning had an effect that will reach well beyond prom night.
“I hope that people will look at this and more will begin to think that it’s okay to be supportive of the LBTQ community,” Lindsey told the Tallahassee Democrat. “I needed someone in my life to show me that it would work out—when I was first going through this years ago. But I didn’t have that.”
While Leon High School hasn’t always been a total hotbed of progressive thought, it was a leader in the area in creating a Gay Straight Alliance in 2001. Still, Lindsey and Brie sometimes felt lonely at their high school, according to New Now Next.
Beyond their prom fashion being completely on point, Brie and Lindsey’s election to prom king and queen proved that their high school is moving toward progressive thought, the school’s GSA advisor Scott Brown told the Tallahassee Democrat.
“It makes me feel proud to know that the majority of Leon students are open-minded and agree with today’s changing mores,” Brown said. “Leon may be a traditional school, but we can be known as progressive.”
It wasn’t just the students who got on board with the prom election. Brie’s mom could not have been more proud of her, and said so in a statement that may make you tear up just a bit.
“As Brie’s mom I am proud of her for choosing love, for being bold and sticking to the things she believes in even if they are different than mine and much of the world. She is a beautiful person and made a gorgeous prom queen,” Brie’s mom said on Instagram.
Leon High School Prom 2016 will go down in the history books! Not only is it Brie's senior prom, but also because she won Prom Queen and her girlfriend, Lindsey, Prom King. Leon High is the oldest high school in the State of Florida, being established in 1831, and is in the US National Register of Historic Places. Tonight they crowned their first same sex couple as Prom Queen and King. Brie, who cares very much about equality, feminism and having no gender lines is proud of her school and graduating class for recognizing love has no gender rules. As Brie's mom I am proud of her for choosing love, for being bold and sticking to the things she believes in even if they are different than mine and much of the world. She is a beautiful person and made a gorgeous prom queen with a sharp prom king!! @briebrieg #nofilter #leonhighprom2016 #thisisourlife #keepingitreal
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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the
intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
