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Transgender prom queen from Davie breaks down barriers

Started by Shana A, June 03, 2011, 08:19:20 AM

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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

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.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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