“We have been the only openly gay couple at Burroughs since I’ve been here, but it isn’t a problem at all at our school. “This is the second year he and I have gone together, as well as to our homecoming dance the past two years, so this wasn’t the first time,” Bain, the school’s high school football captain, said. “It was my fourth school dance with Jake and I couldn’t have imagined a better way to spend our last high school dance.”īain, 19, and Sigmund, 18, are the only openly gay couple at John Burroughs School, but their being at the dance was old news to the students there. “Prom this year was amazing,” Sigmund, a swimmer and water polo player told Outsports. Louis athletes made the most of it this weekend. For seniors Jake Bain and Hunter Sigmund, it was their final high school dance together.
