TG Prom Queen! Yay!!!

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Drea DiMaggio

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Trenton Teen Elected
Prom Queen

From the Trentonian:

Connor Ferguson is an 18-year-old male-to-female transgender student at THS, and thanks to the support of her friends and peers she was also this year's prom queen.

Caroline Rolf was one of those voting students, a prom attendee and fifth year student who acted as a surrogate date for Ferguson, wearing a leopard print vest and bow tie to match her full-length gown.

“I voted for Connor because anyone who has been through as much as she has and still exudes so much class and confidence deserves a royal title, and not just on prom night,” said Rolf.

The article can be found here: http://www.trentonian.ca/2012/07/03/tolerance-is-the-reignin...

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Clarification...

This is from Trenton, Ontario (pop. around 20,000) and not Trenton, New Jersey (~90,000).

Could it happen in the U.S.? Probably, somewhere. But in this case, it didn't.

Eric

Forwards

Of small victories is progress made.

I ddon't want to deminish the individual triumph: for Connor this must be a massive boost. In the global scheme of things it perforce looms less. However, as this case is the first such of which I have heard, this may be another barrier broken, incremental progress.

I wish you "Good Luck" Connor Ferguson, though I'm not sure you need that from me; you and your friends seem to be providing what you need.