By Manuel McDonnell-Smith
Last week, the Internet was abuzz about Carmel (N.Y.) High School seniors Dylan Meehan and Bradley Taylor. The openly gay teens won the title of Cutest Couple in their high school’s yearbook. The honor, revealed at the school’s senior picnic, also came with widespread media attentionwhich surprised Principal Kevin Carroll, who said, “I thought other things would make news.”
Speaking exclusively with Fair360, formerly DiversityInc, Carroll explained that in a contemporary school environment, gay couples “are not completely abnormal.” So when the school’s yearbook advisor informed him that the 350-plus members of the school’s senior class voted the boys as cutest couple, “I gave final approval to publish it, as long as it was OK with the boys and their parents.”
