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Title: Oak Reed transgender controversy from last year means no homecoming king or quee
Post by: Shana A on September 19, 2011, 11:31:32 AM
Oak Reed transgender controversy from last year means no homecoming king or queen in Mona Shores
Published: Sunday, September 18, 2011, 5:01 PM
By Lynn Moore | The Muskegon Chronicle

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/09/oak_reed_transgender_controver.html (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/09/oak_reed_transgender_controver.html)

A year after controversy over a transgender student overshadowed Mona Shores' homecoming festivities, the high school is going ahead with plans to forgo the traditional crowning of a king and queen.

Mona Shores High School, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will do so without the traditional king and queen being crowned at the homecoming football game Friday. Instead, the senior class will vote on two "finalists" among eight chosen as class representatives.