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Metro high school names transgender teen as their homecoming queen

Started by stephaniec, September 12, 2015, 11:25:09 PM

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stephaniec

September 12, 2015, 11:25:09 PM
Metro high school names transgender teen as their homecoming queen

http://fox4kc.com/2015/09/12/metro-high-school-names-transgender-teen-as-their-homecoming-queen/

FOX4KC/Posted 9:37 pm, September 12, 2015, by Megan Brilley

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A metro high school senior who is transgender made history when she was named homecoming queen.

During the Oak Park homecoming game on Saturday, the homecoming queen candidates were announced but what happened after that had everyone on their feet.

"Going in, I didn't know what to expect," said Landon Patterson about the moment she had been waiting for, but never thought would come.

"I've dreamt about it, freshmen year like 'oh I wanna be that girl out there walking,'" she recalled."
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suzifrommd

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September 13, 2015, 04:49:42 AM Last Edit: September 13, 2015, 08:08:07 AM by suzifrommd
Good for you!

Though another example of transgender people being thought so incompetent/unpopular that when one of us does something that cisgender people do all the time, it makes headlines.
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Traci New

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September 13, 2015, 07:32:31 AM
This is great news. The times they are a changing.
You've got your mother in a whirl, She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
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Lynne

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September 13, 2015, 04:54:43 PM
Quote from: suzifrommd on September 13, 2015, 04:49:42 AM
Good for you!

Though another example of transgender people being thought so incompetent/unpopular that when one of us does something that cisgender people do all the time, it makes headlines.

I think when the time comes when transgender people are treated exactly the same way as cisgender people things like this will not make headlines.
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