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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Hello beautiful people!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">We are so excited to announce the<i>
</i></span><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">FOURTH ANNUAL</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
<span style="color:#CC00CC">~QUEER PROM~</span></span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">is returning the night of August 5<sup>th</sup> at WHOI’s Fenno Patio. Read on to learn more, and please consider joining queer prom committee!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><img width="407" height="407" style="width:4.243in;height:4.243in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9B316.CC63DF50"></span><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">What is queer prom?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">It’s a celebration of you and your unique brand of awesome. Let’s be honest, most parties stretching from high school prom to now are boring and have lots of social expectations.
Queer prom is better. Queer prom is experimental. Queer prom is everything you wanted high school prom to be. Basically: we dress up all pretty. There’s lots of decorations. We have apps and refreshments and jokes and dancing. A LOT OF DANCING. Our goal is
to make you feel good in your own skin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">You might be wondering, "this sounds a lot like prom, where does the queer part come in?" Well, unlike regular prom with its many social expectations, queer prom EXPLICITLY encourages
you to break the norm in any way that makes you feel more empowered. Want to experiment with your gender expression? A taboo at regular prom- HELL YES at queer prom. "This isn't what a young professional scientist should wear" you say to yourself. Wear it
at queer prom! There's no such thing as gaudy, weird, tacky, etc. at queer prom!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">~<span style="color:red">ALL
</span><span style="color:#FFC000">ARE </span><span style="color:#00B050">WELCOME
</span><span style="color:#00B0F0">AT </span><span style="color:#7030A0">QUEER </span>
<span style="color:#FF66FF">PROM</span>!~ </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">This is an event designed to “queer”/subvert the traditionalism of prom and parties, especially formal ones. It is
<i>not</i> a queer-affinity space. However, queer prom is 21+. We don’t serve alcohol, but there will be alcohol at the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Queer Prom Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">We are also looking for new members of the queer prom committee who help organize and decorate the event.
<b>If you want to be a cool person and help us make this night magical, please reply to this email</b>! The commitment is very low- committee members just meet every other week or so and brainstorm ideas and help with purchasing and setup. Previous queer proms
have included bubble guns, a snow cone machine, go-gurts, custom temporary tattoos, and so much more. We are looking for new, exciting ideas! If you want to brainstorm with us, reply to this email to come to our initial queer prom committee meeting. This event
wouldn’t be possible without our amazing queer prom committees each and every year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">TL;DR<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">-Queer Prom is the night of August 5<sup>th</sup> (start time to come)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">-Reply to this email to join queer prom committee!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Be on the lookout for an RSVP in the weeks leading up to Queer Prom!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">We’re stoked to see you there,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Max, Kharis, and the 2023 Queer Prom Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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