How the f**k can you say that the issues of gay youth are not as important as those of adults?!?! First off, the whole prom issue is much bigger than just high school drama bulls**t. Its about equal and fair treatment no matter if you are gay, straight, black, white, or a f**kin' alien for that matter. You seem to have forgotten what it is like being gay in high school and how miserable it is for lots of us. Thats why so many gay teens commmit suicide because they feel like no one is there to help or guide them. And you're saying that it is just trivial and doesn't matter in the scheme of things?!?! Bullshit! People who work with GLBT youth are often in the business of saving lives due to that very reason.
If us "unimportant, drama queen high schoolers" are raised in the same discrimination as the older generations were, how have things gotten any better? They won't. Focusing on teaching tolerance at the youth level will allow an entire generation to grow up with the mindset that Gay is OK, instead of trying to change the minds of adults who were raised differently and have probably already made up their mind. Build from the bottom up, not the top down.
It is that reason why youth gay rights are just as important, if not more that adult gay rights. It is sad to think that some gay adults don't see the gay youth as important.