Openly gay teen voted prom queen at LA high school

[Old Coot]

Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – 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."

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[ThomCat]

1. That is very cool It will be even More cool if the Prom King is okay

dancing with the Prom Queen. :)

I bet they'll change tradition this one year so that they won't do a close slow dance. They'll just both be out on the dance floor next to each other dancing solo. If that's the only change that's necessary to make this go smoothly, that's wonderful.

[NEOBuckeye]

2. Awesome! n/t

[SkyDaddy7]

3. 2nd the AWESOME!

[shadowknows69]

4. Go Sergio!!!

Maybe there is hope for the future. One love!

[elshiva]

5. Go, Garcia, Go! That's great.

:hug: :applause:

[marshall]

6. Is he a transsexual?

Maybe they should change the title to "best boy" and "best girl".

[Constance Craving]

7. Ooooh this gives me goosebumps . . .

I am sooo happy for him!:party:

[and-justice-for-all]

8. Fantastisch!! nt