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Transgender student named homecoming queen at Iowa university
Source: Reuters
Transgender student named homecoming queen at Iowa university
By Noreen O'Donnell
Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:19pm EDT
(Reuters) - Steven Sanchez danced in gold sequined pumps and lip-synched Selena Gomez's "Like a Champion" and "Come and Get It" in becoming one of the first transgender students to be chosen a homecoming queen.
Sanchez, 21, said he was still in shock that his routine had won Friday's vote at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
"I could not believe it when it happened, and I still can't believe it," he told Reuters on Saturday. "I've come so far as a person."
Sanchez, who describes himself as gender non-conforming, is not the first transgender student to make homecoming history. Last month, 16-year-old Cassidy Lynn Campbell - formerly Lance Campbell - won the Marina High School's title in Huntington Beach, California.
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By Noreen O'Donnell
Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:19pm EDT
(Reuters) - Steven Sanchez danced in gold sequined pumps and lip-synched Selena Gomez's "Like a Champion" and "Come and Get It" in becoming one of the first transgender students to be chosen a homecoming queen.
Sanchez, 21, said he was still in shock that his routine had won Friday's vote at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
"I could not believe it when it happened, and I still can't believe it," he told Reuters on Saturday. "I've come so far as a person."
Sanchez, who describes himself as gender non-conforming, is not the first transgender student to make homecoming history. Last month, 16-year-old Cassidy Lynn Campbell - formerly Lance Campbell - won the Marina High School's title in Huntington Beach, California.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/12/us-usa-transgender-homecoming-idUSBRE99B0B820131012