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Title: Mixed Emotions After Michigan School Moves to Gender-Neutral Prom Court
Post by: Shana A on February 20, 2011, 08:32:21 AM
Post by: Shana A on February 20, 2011, 08:32:21 AM
Mixed Emotions After Michigan School Moves to Gender-Neutral Prom Court
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published February 19, 2011
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/18/mixed-emotions-michigan-school-moves-gender-neutral-prom-court/ (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/18/mixed-emotions-michigan-school-moves-gender-neutral-prom-court/)
A Michigan high school's decision to allow a gender-neutral prom court this spring -- after denying a transgendered student the title of homecoming king last fall -- has angered and "disappointed" some current and former students.
Sam Kuiper -- who graduated from Mona Shores High School in 2009 and played in the school's marching band alongside Oak Reed, the transgendered student who was denied the homecoming-king crown after being voted in by classmates -- said he doesn't think a "permanent change" to prom traditions was necessary.
By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published February 19, 2011
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/18/mixed-emotions-michigan-school-moves-gender-neutral-prom-court/ (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/18/mixed-emotions-michigan-school-moves-gender-neutral-prom-court/)
A Michigan high school's decision to allow a gender-neutral prom court this spring -- after denying a transgendered student the title of homecoming king last fall -- has angered and "disappointed" some current and former students.
Sam Kuiper -- who graduated from Mona Shores High School in 2009 and played in the school's marching band alongside Oak Reed, the transgendered student who was denied the homecoming-king crown after being voted in by classmates -- said he doesn't think a "permanent change" to prom traditions was necessary.