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Mich. High School Students Fight for a Trans Prom King

Started by Shana A, September 30, 2010, 08:17:01 AM

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September 30, 2010, 08:17:01 AM
Mich. High School Students Fight for a Trans Prom King
by Kilian Melloy
Wednesday Sep 29, 2010

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=110909

A number of seniors at a Muskegon, Michigan high school voted for Oak Marshall as their homecoming king--but administrators refuse to allow him to compete for the title. The reason: Oak is officially registered at the school as a female student.

Like all transgendered individuals, Oak--the name is short for "Oakleigh"-- doesn't see himself as belonging to the gender of his body. His mind and personality--his sense of himself--are male, and he's generally accepted as such by his teachers, who call him by masculine pronouns, reported Grand Rapids news channel WOOD-8 on Sept. 26.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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