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West Orange Students Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month (PHOTOS)

Students created a "Chalk Walkway" with messages of love and acceptance.

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Students at West Orange High School created a "Chalk Walkway" to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month earlier this week (Photos courtesy of Cynthia Cumming / Nicole Krulik / West Orange Schools)
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(Photos courtesy of Cynthia Cumming / Nicole Krulik / West Orange School District)
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(Photos courtesy of Cynthia Cumming / Nicole Krulik / West Orange Schools)
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(Photos courtesy of Cynthia Cumming / Nicole Krulik / West Orange Schools)
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(Photos courtesy of Cynthia Cumming / Nicole Krulik / West Orange Schools)

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Students at West Orange High School created a "Chalk Walkway" to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month earlier this week between the Conforti and Pleasant Valley Way buildings.

Messages of love, encouragement, and acceptance were drawn by students throughout the school with the support of the art teachers and the Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club (see gallery above).

Seen on the sidewalk were messages including:

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  • “Love All”
  • “Be You!”
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  • “Respect one another, no matter what the differences”

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