| Walt Whitman Community School | |
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| School type | Private |
| Established | 1997 |
| Status | Closed |
| Closed | 2004 |
The Walt Whitman Community School (WWCS) was a private alternative school in Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas that catered to youth who identified as LGBT.[1] It opened in 1997 and closed in 2004.
It was the United States's first LGBT-oriented private school,[2] and by 2003 it remained the country's only LGBT-oriented private school not in Manhattan or Los Angeles.[3] It was co-founded by Becky Thompson and Pamala Stone.[2] The former is lesbian, while the latter is straight.[1] The school was named after Walt Whitman.
- ^ a b Fowler, Jimmy. "School's out." Dallas Observer. November 13, 1997. p. 1 Archived 2010-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (Archive ). Retrieved on September 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Walt Whitman Community School, Nation's First Private School For Gays, Opens in Dallas." Jet. Johnson Publishing Company, September 22, 1997. Vol. 92, No. 18. ISSN 0021-5996. p. 12.
- ^ Gross, Michael Joseph. "In School's Out, Mtv's True Life Visits A Gay High School In Texas Archived 2015-12-01 at the Wayback Machine" (Archive). The New York Times at the Sun Sentinel. April 17, 2003. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.