Armando Huipe has an alternate personality. Her name is Charon and tonight she will be wearing a Ke$ha-inspired black and gold dress to prom. Huipe is one of the hundreds of UCLA students attending the third annual Pride Prom, an event celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and its allies. "We see it as a kind of second chance at prom "“ this time, you get to go with the person you really wanted to go with," said Darlene Tran, third-year psychology student and recruitment chair of Gamma Rho Lambda, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersexed and allied sorority for anyone who identifies herself as female. Gamma Rho Lambda is co-hosting tonight's event with Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. This year's theme is "Burlesque," inspired by the eponymous movie starring Christina Aguilera. Huipe, who just finished his term as president of Delta Lambda Phi, said he attended two proms in high school. Read more...
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Members of UCLA’s Gamma Rho Lambda celebrated Pride Prom last spring. This year’s Pride Prom, happening tonight, marks the end of Ally Week.
