
Look closely at this story beyond reactionary hype and political acrimony . . .
TRANS TRADITION TAKES HOLD AT KANSAS CITY HIGH SCHOOL & STUDENTS SEEMINGLY EMBRACE NEW GENDER NORMS!!!
That's not an endorsement . . . Merely a statement of fact.
Old school 'Homecoming' tradition has been deconstructed and now serves as a platform to champion and promote alternatives to traditional female roles.
Go one step further and realize that rhetorical endorsements of a white trans winner supersede efforts to celebrate greater ethnic diversity in the Northland. Real talk: Latina or Asian women don't merit this kind of publicity, even amid talk of more "inclusive" educational institutions and media coverage.
From our vantage . . . Getting worked up over anything involving high school students is a mistake and online pundits often forget that the most important part of any discussion on schools is the well-being and safety of students.
And so . . .
In this story, we focus on the perspective of an adult drag queen who still works out of KC and shares her perspective on the new school royalty . . .
The 2023 homecoming queen has had someone to look to during this time, Landon Patterson, a transgender woman who was crowned Homecoming Queen at Oak Park in 2015.
“It just felt good, that reassuring feeling, everything that I went through in 2015, it wasn’t for nothing,” Patterson said. “It makes me happy to see, even though there’s a lot of hate still, her family is there for her, her students are there for her, and love always beats out the hate.”
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Oak Park transgender homecoming queen stands strong after facing criticism
Oak Park High School named its second transgender Homecoming Queen, which quickly sparked controversy on social media.
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