Saturday, May 24, 2008

Chicago hosts 'Queer Prom' tonight

Conservative activists are speaking out against a so-called "Queer Prom" for Latino youth tonight in Chicago.

The event at the National Museum of Mexican Art is being billed as a dance for "LGBTQ youth" (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning), but adults are also invited. Lambda Legal, the group Latinos Progresando, and a homosexual bathhouse known as "Steamworks" are among the sponsors.

Mario Diaz of Concerned Women for America says Latino groups should be finding ways for Hispanics to pursue the American dream, not promoting homosexual activity.

"The fact that an adult homosexual bathhouse is sponsoring it – I mean, these are children still, young people; and this bathhouse ... is only available for homosexual adults ... is appalling," he exclaims. "[A]s a Hispanic and Latino young man in this country, I feel very offended by it. It goes against everything my community really stands for," Diaz contends. the rest

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