White Plains Group Hosts 'Gay Prom' For Teens

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester Jewish Community Services' Center Lane Program will hold its annual Gay Prom June 21 to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month.

The Westchester Jewish Community Services's Center Lane program is hosting a Gay Prom this month.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy Westchester Jewish Community Services*

by The Daily Voice

06/19/2013 4:50 a.m.

“We are very pleased about how our Center Lane program is addressing many of the key issues affecting this population,” James Stewart, WJCS Center Lane program coordinator, said in a press release. “And, we’re committed to working with families, schools and the community-at-large to promote a community culture that is supportive of LGBTQ youth.”

Center Lane, which recently expanded to facilities in White Plains and Yonkers, will mark 18 years since the group founded a safe haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adolescents.

The agency has helped many Westchester schools establish a Gay-Straight Alliance group for students. Center Lane worked with students from the Ossining, Pleasantville, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Harrison and White Plains school districts this past academic year.

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