Larry Wilmore Lets Gay Student Give Banned Valedictorian Speech On-Air (VIDEO)

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After hearing that a Colorado high school principal barred a student from giving his valedictorian speech that would reveal the student was gay, Larry Wilmore concocted a plan.

The host of “The Nightly Show” flew Evan Young of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School to his New York studio to let Young deliver the speech on live television.

Watch the speech:

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