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CROWNED! First Black Transgender Homecoming King

Started by LearnedHand, February 11, 2014, 11:47:06 PM

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DriftingCrow

February 11, 2014, 11:47:06 PM
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/9811
Transgender Law Center via NBC; no author listed

17-year-old Blake Brockington of East Meck High School in North Carolina has been crowned homecoming king.

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East Meck crowns transgender homecoming king
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/East-Meck-crows-transgender-homecoming-king-244537941.html?fb_action_ids=10152006232632599&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[411615132318690]&action_type_map=[%22og.recommends%22]&action_ref_map=[]
Bora Kim; NBC Charlotte

A 17-year-old East Meck High School student has become the first transgender teen crowned Homecoming King in North Carolina.

Teacher Bill Allen is the student advisor for the Gay-Straight Alliance on campus.

He says East Meck is known as a school of diversity. He says Brockington's achievement is the first step in representing what many of the students believe.
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