BuzzFeed to Host L.A. Queer Prom as ‘Safe Space’ to Party

Sarah Stites | April 28, 2017
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It’s prom season, and BuzzFeed is throwing a party of its own – a queer celebration to promote the concept that “normal is relative.” 

For the website’s video producer and development partner Eugene Yang, the crowning dance was just another “night of normativity.” That’s because, as a gay teen, he felt the weight of heteronormative convention demanding that he take a girl to the big night.