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so did the prom king and queen have to dance?
http://www.sfchronicle.us/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/28/state/n073959D94.DTL
An openly gay teen was voted prom queen at Los Angeles' Fairfax High School in a campaign that began as a stunt but ended up spurring discussion on the campus about gender roles and teen popularity.
Sergio Garcia, 18, was crowned queen Saturday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
"I feel invincible," Garcia said in his tiara and charcoal-gray tuxedo.
A few days earlier, he gave a speech that won over some cynics and led to an ovation and his unlikely victory.
"At one time, prom may have been a big popularity contest where the best-looking guy or girl were crowned king and queen. Things have changed and it's no longer just about who has the most friends or who wears the coolest clothes," Garcia told a gymnasium full of seniors. "I'm not your typical prom queen candidate. There's more to me than meets the eye."
Garcia assured the crowd he wouldn't wear a dress on prom night.
"I will be wearing a suit," he said. "But don't be fooled, deep down I am a queen."
The school, which sits at the end of the rows of chic shops on Melrose Avenue and was once attended by members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has long been a haven for students who would be considered outcasts at many schools.
Garcia said he saw fliers advertising the prom and the election, and they didn't specify that the queen must be a girl. He thought the role would suit him better than prom king.
"I don't wish to be a girl," he told the Los Angeles Times. said. "I just wish to be myself."
Senior class president Vanessa Lo said she and many other students were initially against the idea but were won over by Garcia's speech and became convinced he wasn't just an attention-seeking clown.
"It just goes to show how open-minded our class is," Lo said.
Seventeen-year-old Unique Payne called the speech "great" and said she voted for Garcia "because I support the gay community."
Other students weren't as happy, and suggested many voted for Garcia just to see the spectacle of two boys dancing together at the prom.
"I'm not really happy about that," said 17-year-old Juan Espinoza. "He should've run for prom king."
so did the prom king and queen have to dance?
dear california,
fall into the ing ocean already
Amen
That sucks for the prom king. He is a guy C'MON.
Dreams do come true!
God save the queen!!!
Good for him.
Life imitating Saved by the Bell. Scary.
I thought about that too.
pppffftttt California
Awsum for him. However, I doubt the class was being that open minded. It was either a big joke to them, or they just wanted to see a boy winning Prom Queen for the novelty of it.
I went to a very liberal high school and college. Kids were interested in gay rights more for the novelty and the flamboyancy rather then for the real issues at hand. There were a couple of kids who were actually gay themseves or ad gay parents who looked at the gay issue from the human rights perspective.
158 years ago, California became a state. San Fransisco was THE most dangerous place in America at the time
Times have changed!
That's gay
gots want everything nowadays.
I'd love to see the look on the face of the girl who lost to him
That's the thought that crossed my mind. Are these people really that progressive, or was this because of some really heinous they didn't want to win?
That's right in the middle of West Hollywood. Not very shocking.
I went to see Deep Throat at a local movie theater with some friends.
Before the movie, there was a deep throat contest on a banana. There were 6 girls and one boy who volounteered for the contest.
The dude won, by a lot. The rest of the chicks didn't even come close
The King was pissed
gay
No . Superman for stopping Lex Luthor.
1978 Superman Movie
Guys shouldn't be allowed to win Prom Queen. I don't care if you're gay either. Guys should be only allowed to win Prom King and girls shouldn't only allowed to win Prom Queen. Doesn't this gay guy winning Prom Queen insult sexuals in a way? I mean isn't it saying that gay guys are the same as girls?
I'll give you everything that you want!!
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