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Openly gay teen voted prom queen at LA high school
- May 29, 2009 at 8:52 PM
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LOS ANGELES – An openly gay teen has been voted prom queen at his Los Angeles high school in a campaign that began as a stunt but ended up spurring discussion on the campus about gender roles and popularity.
Sergio Garcia said he felt "invincible" when he was crowned queen of the Fairfax High School dance at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Saturday.
Days before the dance, Garcia told fellow students that he was "not your typical prom queen candidate. There's more to me than meets the eye."
He also promised that he would be wearing a suit on prom night, but "don't be fooled: Deep down, I am a queen."
And he made good of that promise Saturday, wearing a gray tuxedo topped off with the prized tiara.
Garcia, 18, said he saw fliers advertising the prom and the election but they didn't specify that the queen must be female. He thought the role would suit him better than prom king.
"I don't wish to be a girl," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I just wish to be myself."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_us/us_male_prom_queen
**I personally think this is great... what do you think?
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Fantastic!
LOVE IT! Yay that he won!!!
right on, thanks ladies!
I'm totally fine with it. I wonder who will be Prom King?
No big deal to me either... and obviously he wasn't the only one that thought he'd make a good prom queen - his whole graduating class did too!
I work in a school and some of our gay students are very popular. Our school poplulation is very accepting of everyone!
I voted other but you could classify me as the first choice as well. I don't like boxes, so I had to pick other. It should read other: what a wonderful way for the students to support him. It's an election, they voted he won let him wear the crown with glory.
xoxo
work in a school and some of our gay students are very popular. Our school poplulation is very accepting of everyone!
that is so great to hear! :) love that!!
It's an election, they voted he won let him wear the crown with glory."
~exactly!! :)
i think this is awesome.
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