''I wanted to win best couple, but I didn't know how people react. I thought they would discriminate. But [my girlfriend] Deoine and [yearbook editor] Maribel went around to every class telling them to vote for us. When the papers came out for people to vote, it said 'best couple: pick a boy and a girl.' Deoine asked if I voted and I said 'no,' but then I was thinking about President Obama and I told myself "one vote could make a difference," so I scratched out boy and I put girl.''

Victoria Cruz, a rookie reporter for WNYC, telling how she and her girlfriend Deoine won ''Best Couple'' in the school's yearbook, and also how she is dealing with her grandmother's negative perception of gay people in her family. (WNYC)