[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-sweethearts-crowned-cutest-couple-at-high-school-video\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-sweethearts-crowned-cutest-couple-at-high-school-video\/","headline":"Same-Sex Sweethearts Crowned Cutest Couple at High School [VIDEO]","name":"Same-Sex Sweethearts Crowned Cutest Couple at High School [VIDEO]","description":"By Brittny Drye Ah, young love. Unfortunately for many LGBT teenagers, that first fall into someone\u2019s arms can be more painful than just the risk...","datePublished":"2012-06-08","dateModified":"2021-07-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/same-sex-couple-cutest-couple-award-calaveras-county.png","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/same-sex-couple-cutest-couple-award-calaveras-county.png","height":242,"width":300},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-sweethearts-crowned-cutest-couple-at-high-school-video\/","about":["Marriage Equality News"],"wordCount":252,"articleBody":" By Brittny DryeAh, young love.Unfortunately for many LGBT teenagers, that first fall into someone\u2019s arms can be more painful than just the risk of heartbreak, thanks to the bullying antics of classmates. LGBT love is much more complicated than trying to steal a kiss from underneath the bleachers, proven almost daily by increasingly heart-wrenching headlines of gay teen suicides.Thankfully, this love story is a happy one. Not only do the seniors of Calaveras High School in San Andreas, Calif., accept same-sex love, they celebrate it.Becca Fernandez, 19, with girlfriend Destinee GatesThe senior class voted Destinee Gates and her girlfriend Becca Fernandez, the school\u2019s only open lesbian couple, as Cutest Couple in their senior superlatives.\u201cIt\u2019s a big deal because we\u2019re from a really conservative county and it hasn\u2019t happened before,\u201d said Gates, 18.\u201cWe\u2019ve been pretty well accepted,\u201d said Fernandez, 19.  \u201cI love this school,\u201d Gates added.Principal Ric Stitt said he understands why outsiders might be surprised by the senior vote, but said he\u2019s found the community to be very tolerant.\u201cCalaveras County and a lot of our rural counties often get stereotyped as being unaccepting,\u201d Stitt said.  \u201cAnd I think that\u2019s a false perception.\u201dThe adorable couple has been dating since freshman year, and plan to attend college together in the nearby town of Columbia. Perhaps in the near future we\u2019ll hear wedding bells for these two lovebirds?Watch the local news video below:Photo: unicornbooty.com"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Same-Sex Sweethearts Crowned Cutest Couple at High School [VIDEO]","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/same-sex-sweethearts-crowned-cutest-couple-at-high-school-video\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]