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Tue Jun 2, 2015, 12:43 PM Jun 2015

Gay High School Student Delivers Valedictorian Speech He Was Barred from Giving

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/6/1/exclusive_gay_high_school_student_delivers

Check out this video from Democracy Now in which the Valedictorian finally gets to deliver his speech. The speech is really funny and enjoyable.

Eighteen-year-old Evan Young was supposed to be the 2015 class valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado. But his principal prevented him from giving his graduation speech after learning he would announce he is gay. Instead, two weeks later, Young got to give his speech at an Out Boulder fundraiser before an audience of hundreds, a number of them politicians who congratulated him for his bravery. We air Young’s full address and speak to him about his experience.
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