Transgender Teen Becomes Facebook Superstar After Homecoming Snub

[Jazzy]

Teens in Michigan couldn't get a transgender student elected homecoming king by playing by the books -- so they turned to Facebook.



After school officials at Mona Shores High School in Muskegon barred transgendered student Oak Reed from becoming homecoming king because he was born Oakleigh Marie Reed, a girl, students used social media to generate a swell of news coverage resulting in stories on the station Wood 8, front-page articles on CNN.com and now, of course, AOL News.



A large factor in the local story becoming a global sensation has been the Oak Is My King Facebook group, started by student Nick Schrier.








Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...book-superstar-after-homecoming-snub/19653263

 

[Temerit]

So a girl ran for the title homecoming king which is a male titled and they denied it to her and she is mad?



Why didn't she run for homecoming queen since she is a girl?



Is she trying to start conflict?

 

[Ashley]

That doesn't make sense at all. If you're male, you obviously run for homecoming King, and if you're female, then you run for Queen. That seems pretty weird that a female would try to run for King.