“It’s so fulfilling being here, seeing this,” said Savy Dunlevy, a 23-year-old gender nonconforming audio engineer.
Sporting a tapered bob cut and blue blazer, Savy stood last Thursday on the back terrace of House of Yes, the cavernous warehouse-turned-disco in Bushwick, and thought on the awkwardness of an earlier prom .
You’re going to be okay.’”Savy and hundreds of others had gathered in Bushwick for “Pride Prom,” a revisionist soiree thrown on June 13 by the dating app Hinge in celebration of World Pride 2019.
The 21-and-over celebration served the dual purpose of raising money for It Gets Better, the L.G.B.T.Q.
youth suicide prevention nonprofit, and affording community members a chance to relive a possibly painful moment of self suppression.
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