Accepting diversity essential on campus

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Accepting diversity essential on campus
By: Jacqueline Carambat
Issue date: 5/21/08

http://media.www.theorion.com/media/storage/paper889/news/2008/05/21/Opinion/Accepting.Diversity.Essential.On.Campus-3373101.shtml

In another incident, the administration at Washington Park High School in Milwaukee, Wis., told openly gay teen Uriel Gomez he couldn't run for prom queen after his class nominated him for the title, ABC reported.

However, he is eligible to run for prom king.

"If a guy can win Miss Legs and a girl can win Miss Physique, how is that different than me being nominated for prom queen?" Gomez said to ABC.

In this case, it was something the student body at Gomez's high school wanted. Does this mean he was going to show up to the prom dressed in a bright pink dress and sparkling tiara? In fact, Gomez was planning on going in a traditional suit, he said.