A New Mexico high school will have gender-neutral titles for its prom royalty.
Atrisco Heritage Academy in Albuquerque will refer to the prom court as “royalty” instead of “king” and “queen” to be more inclusive, the school’s student council announced March 3.
The students voted on by the school, regardless of gender, will make up the prom court.
The two with the most votes will be called Royalty, while the second two pairs will be called First High Court and Second High Court. Students will be given the same type of crown, and rather than having photos taken as a couple, each person will have an individual photo taken.
The measure was approved by a significant majority of the group, the student council said.
“To really be concerned and caring for the entire student body here, I just thought that was really impressive,” Principal Irene Cisneros told KRQE.
Atrisco Heritage Academy isn’t the first school to change the labels for its dance royalty. Such decisions are becoming a trend across the country.
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland made the change in 2016. Colleges have joined in as well. In 2017, Northwestern University began the practice of naming one “Homecoming Wildcat” instead of having a pair “king” and “queen.”
