a transgender male fights for the opportunity of prom king. they said to him "you can either run as prom queen or you can't run at all." Ash Whitaker came out sophomore year to his friends and family and this year he decided to make the change to a different gender. his peers gathered outside the school to protest that what they're doing is discriminatory and unfair. the majority of the student body is supportive of his choice to run but its the faculty's decision on who they let run.
the gender that a person decides to be is completely their choice. no one should tell them how that is done and this is exactly what this school is trying to do. its already hard enough to make the leap and come out but its even harder to begin the change into another gender since so many people are still set in conservative ways. although being transgender and gay is still looked upon as bad by some, it has gone so much better and so much more support. this is similar to the fight for legal same sex marriage which was legalized in june.
http://www.wisn.com/news/transgender-teens-fights-for-chance-to-become-prom-king/38904766
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