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Meet the Missouri transgender teen nominated to be her high school’s Homecoming Queen
Missouri teen Landon Patterson is making history as the first transgender person to be in the running to be her school’s Homecoming Queen – and is probably the first in her state as well.
(Note to readers: Landon is Patterson’s birth name but she remains comfortable using that name for the present time.)
Patterson revealed her true gender to her fellow Oak Park High School students in a YouTube video in May that has been watched by nearly ten thousand people.
She had previously presented to her peers as a gay male, so this was a second coming out for her.
She told Fox 4 News that she had been worried about how her peers would respond but to her surprise the reaction had been great.
‘It meant the world to me,’ she said.
However she never expected what her fellow students would do next.
A group of her school peers surprised her with some big news in the middle of the night recently – revealing they had nominated her to be this year’s Homecoming Queen.
‘People I never thought would vote for me did, congratulating me. I was so happy, it just made me feel like a normal girl,’ Patterson told Fox 4.
‘I just want everyone to know it’s okay to be you.’
School friend Josie Ballard told Fox 4 she wanted Patterson to know she was welcomed by her peers at school.
‘I wanted to support her. One-hundred percent,’ she said.
Patterson is one of six other girls competing for the title and she will find out on 12 September if she is to be crowned Homecoming Queen.
To GSN’s knowledge only one American transgender teenager has previously been nominated or elected Homecoming Queen – Cassidy Lynn Campbell of Marina High School in California.
Campbell probably became the first transgender American Homecoming Queen when she was chosen in Fall of 2013 – though she says being targeted by online bullies ruined the experience for her.
Homecoming is the traditional welcoming back of students in American schools, colleges and high schools and usually occurs during Autumn or Fall and typically includes activities such as dances and sporting events ad should not be confused with Prom celebrations which also include the election of a queen and king.
You can watch Fox 4 News’ story on Patterson and her coming out video below
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