Transgender Teen Crowned Prom Queen in Davie, FL
You go, girl!
Video at link. She’s very cute.
Andrew Viveros, a transgender teenager, has been crowned prom queen at a Florida high school, the Sun Sentinel reports.
Viveros, 17, a graduating senior at McFatter Technical High in Davie, says he was “in complete shock” when his name was called at the ceremony Friday night in Fort Lauderdale, the newspaper reports.
“It’s a big stepping stone,” Viveros says. “People can see it’s finally OK to be who you are and do what you want no matter how different you are.”
Viveros, who is also president of the Gay-Straight Alliance, tells the Sentinel that he won the backing of school administrators after writing a speech explaining his right to run for the title and the daily struggle of being transgender.
The newspaper, almost as an aside, notes that Juan Macias, an openly gay teen, was crowned prom king.
