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Title: Transgender prom queen from Davie breaks down barriers
Post by: Shana A on June 03, 2011, 08:19:20 AM
Post by: Shana A on June 03, 2011, 08:19:20 AM
Transgender prom queen from Davie breaks down barriers
Andrew Viveros praised by gay advocates, schoolmates for daring to be different
By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel
5:45 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2011
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-transgender-prom-queen-davie-20110601,0,7013595,full.story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-transgender-prom-queen-davie-20110601,0,7013595,full.story)
DAVIE—
Gay rights advocates are calling Andrew "Andii" Viveros a hero in heels.
The 17-year-old Davie teen who's been stabbed with a pencil and beaten, and stood up to taunts and threats for wearing dresses, appears to be the first transgender prom queen in Broward County, possibly in the state.
Andrew Viveros praised by gay advocates, schoolmates for daring to be different
By Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel
5:45 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2011
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-transgender-prom-queen-davie-20110601,0,7013595,full.story (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-transgender-prom-queen-davie-20110601,0,7013595,full.story)
DAVIE—
Gay rights advocates are calling Andrew "Andii" Viveros a hero in heels.
The 17-year-old Davie teen who's been stabbed with a pencil and beaten, and stood up to taunts and threats for wearing dresses, appears to be the first transgender prom queen in Broward County, possibly in the state.