4. Eric Irizarry and Ariana Reiff, best friends who are both openly gay, took home Homecoming King and Queen this month at Waukegan High School in Illinois.

Irizarry and Reiff were happy to become an unconventional power couple and take home the royal title of King and Queen. "There are some people saying we shouldn't have won," stated Reiff," or that we won because we are gay, but I think our classmates chose us because they know us, and they chose us just as people." Eric spends his time on the cheerleading team at the school while Ariana hopes of going to Veterinary school one day.