Angry parents blast rural Ohio high school after a lesbian couple, 18, are voted to be prom king and queen by their classmates
Annie Wise and girlfriend Riley Loudermilk, both 18, were crowned prom king and queen at Kings High School in a deeply conservative area of Ohio
The school district s Facebook page was swamped with negative comments after posting a picture of the couple at the prom on April 17
At a heated meeting the week after the prom, one parent said: Sorry but, I believe that there are still two genders, a male and a female
Riley Loudermilk s mother said she was mad about other parents talking about her daughter like that
A queer couple were crowned prom king and queen, but faced a furious backlash from conservative parents.
High school students Annie Wise and Riley Loudermilk were honoured as prom king and queen at Kings High School in Ohio. They are the first queer couple in the district to be awarded the title.
Wise told
NBC News how excited she was: “My crown fell off and it broke. There was a lot going on, but it’s something I’ll never forget. It was amazing.”
However, some parents were unimpressed with the couple’s win.
One parent reportedly commented at the meeting: “I think tradition stands for a queen that has a vagina, a king that has a penis and testicles.”
Lesbian Couple Voted Prom King and Queen at Ohio High School
A lesbian couple has become teen royalty at an Ohio high school.
Annie Wise and her girlfriend Riley Loudermilk, both 18, were elected prom king and queen, respectively, by the senior class of Kings High School in Kings Mills, Ohio.
The congratulatory announcement was shared by the school district s Facebook page April 17. The post went viral; it has received nearly 5,000 likes, over 2,000 comments, and nearly 500 shares at the time of this article s publication.
Wise and Loudermilk have known each other since third grade and have dated for six months, reports NBC News. They were surprised to be selected for their titles, as the election of the prom king and queen is usually a popularity contest, Loudermilk told the outlet.
Lesbian couple crowned prom king and queen sparking vile homophobic backlash on Facebook
Annie Wise and girlfriend Riley Loudermilk were crowned prom king and queen by their classmates at Kings High School in Ohio, US last month, sparking fury online
Annie Wise and Riley Loudermilk on their prom night (Image: Facebook)
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