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"Oak Is My King"

Started by Shana A, September 28, 2010, 09:27:20 AM

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"Oak Is My King"
Posted by Melissa McEwan at Monday, September 27, 2010

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/09/oak-is-my-king.html

The bad news is that Oakleigh Reed, aka Oak, a transgender honors student at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon, Michigan, has been stripped of his Homecoming King title because school records still identify him as female.

The good news is that he won in the first place, his fellow students are rallying to his defense, his friends have started a Facebook page titled "Oak is My King," his mom is awesome, his teachers support and respect him even if the school administration doesn't, and the ACLU may champion his case. And the article about the whole thing is pretty damn good, to boot.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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