It’s not an outside thing. … It’s a West High School club putting on a West High School event.

A lot of students are intimidated to hold hands with their same-sex partner, whoever that might be. So, those students who want to express themselves in that way are easily able to do so.

I’m sure that might intimidate some, but I’m hoping that once we have an array of people blocking that hate out of the air, the students will feel welcome and go in without that intimidation.

This was the idea, to have an all-inclusive event. This is what we planned, and this is what we got.