A Transgender Student Said He's Being Forced To Run For Prom Queen Even Though He Was Nominated As Prom KingDex Frier told BuzzFeed News he felt "suppressed" by his school's insistence that he had to run on the prom queen ballot — or not at all.Tanya Chen
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on March 21, 2019, at 5:16 p.m. ET
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/transgender-student-prom-king-ballot?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgcA 17-year-old senior at Johnson High School in Gainesville, Georgia, says he is being forced to run as a candidate for prom queen, despite being nominated by several of his peers for prom king.
Dex Frier, who identifies as male, told BuzzFeed News his school is giving him one of two options ahead of prom on Saturday: Either run on the prom queen ballot, or not at all.
Last Friday, Frier said he was pulled into a meeting with the principal and a school supervisor where they delivered the message.
"They called me there to tell me I couldn't run for prom king 'cause I wasn't legally male and that was the way it was in Hall County [school district]," he said. "The only way I was eligible to run for prom was to be put on the prom queen ballot."