“It’s so fulfilling being here, seeing this,” said Savy Dunlevy, a 23-year-old gender nonconforming audio engineer. Sporting a tapered bob cut and blue blazer, Savy stood last Thursday on the back terrace of House of Yes, the cavernous warehouse-turned-disco in Bushwick, and thought on the awkwardness of an earlier prom .

Then a self-identifying queer woman , Savy remembered teasing the idea of going to prom with a crush in 2014 while a senior in high school — only to have the girl respond with an awkward “no.” “You see this and then you think of yourself from 10 years ago and you want to tell yourself ‘You’re going to figure it out. You’re going to be okay.’”

Savy and hundreds of others had gathered in Bushwick for “Pride Prom,” a revisionist soiree thrown on June 13 by the dating app Hinge in celebration of World Pride 2019. The 21-and-over celebration served the dual purpose of raising money for It Gets Better, the L.G.B.T.Q. youth suicide prevention nonprofit, and affording community members a chance to relive a possibly painful moment of self suppression.