{"id":82263,"date":"2019-03-25T18:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/transgender-hs-student-named-1-of-2-royal-knights-after-prom-battle-compromise-dumps-gender-labels\/"},"modified":"2019-03-25T18:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:25:52","slug":"transgender-hs-student-named-1-of-2-royal-knights-after-prom-battle-compromise-dumps-gender-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/transgender-hs-student-named-1-of-2-royal-knights-after-prom-battle-compromise-dumps-gender-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender HS Student Named 1 of 2 \u2018Royal Knights\u2019 After Prom Battle Compromise Dumps Gender Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transgender HS Student Named 1 of 2 \u2018Royal Knights\u2019 After Prom Battle Compromise Dumps Gender Labels<\/b><\/p>\n

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Last week we reported <\/a>that officials at Johnson High School in Hall County, Georgia removed a transgender student from the Prom King ballot and told the student he should be running for Prom Queen instead.<\/p>\n

Dex Frier,\u00a0who says he started identifying as male during his sophomore year, told WSB-TV<\/a>: \u201cThey don\u2019t have a clear rule that says you have to be biologically male<\/a> to run for prom king (or that) you have to be biologically female<\/a> to run for prom queen. There is no rule that states that.\u201dA petition to put Frier on the Prom King ballot\u00a0<\/a>by members of the student body reached more than 30,000 signatures.<\/p>\n

Frier\u2019s friend Sam Corbett posted an update to the petition, saying a compromise had been reached.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, March 23, 2019, Dex Frier was named one of two \u2018Royal Knight\u2019 seniors at the Johnson High School Prom,\u201d wrote Corbett. \u201cThe voting ballot was not divided on lines of \u2018King\u2019 or \u2018Queen\u2019 as it had been in past years, rather, it was a list in which two students, regardless of gender, could be voted Prom Royalty. This plan was one of compromise on both sides, and we would like to thank administration, both at the school and county level, for listening and welcoming our concerns\u2014and most importantly, implementing a plan to address them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corbett thanked supporters of the petition, and asked supporters to consider supporting a GoFund Me campaign<\/a> that would allow Frier to begin transitioning. <\/p>\n

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