Anti-prom set to be held at New York Public Library welcoming to all teens [Video]

NEW YORK (WABC) — Students from the High School of Fashion Industries aren’t planning just any prom, they’re planning the anti-prom.

They will hold it at Astor Hall at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue on Friday.

“It’s actually not about canceling prom it’s about creating a prom with multiple diversities, we can create our own prom, ideal standard in society,” said Sanya Wilson, a junior.

The New York Public Library holds an anti-prom in the Bronx, Staten Island, and Manhattan, to give young people an alternative to the traditional end-of-year dance.

It’s an event that welcomes same-sex couples or students who don’t conform to traditional norms.

“I think the anti-prom perfectly represents libraries how libraries are for everyone we want everyone to have access to them to come and have fun and that’s what we want for anti-prom, too,” said Caitlyn Colman-McGaw, Associate Director of Young Adult Programs and Services, NYPL.

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