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Administrators agreed to reverse a district protocol this week that limited males to compete for the title after Covarrubias was nominated by her classmates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would never have run for anything if I had to wear a dress,&#8221; said Covarrubias, who considers herself transgender, an umbrella term that covers all people whose outward appearance and internal identity don&#8217;t match their gender at birth.<\/p>\n<p>Gay youth advocates called it a landmark victory for campus gender expression and said they believe it&#8217;s the first time in the U.S. that an openly transgender student has run for prom royalty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070421\/ap_on_re_us\/transgender_prom_king;_ylt=AuJAWgR1mEz_HpkwlFHy6jNI2ocA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Full story here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. &#8211; When school officials announce the name of the Fresno High School prom king on Saturday, Cinthia Covarrubias will be wearing a tuxedo just like the six boys vying for the honor. Administrators agreed to reverse a district protocol this week that limited males to compete for the title after Covarrubias was nominated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-members-in-the-news","7":"entry","8":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2007\/06\/12\/tongue-to-tongue-critical-dialogues-among-queer-women-of-color-la-97\/","url_meta":{"origin":109,"position":0},"title":"Tongue to Tongue: Critical Dialogues among Queer Women of Color (Los Angeles  9\/7\/07)","author":"la Webjefa","date":"June 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Extended submission deadline - June 30, 2007 Los Angeles, September 7-9, 2007 www.tonguetotongue.org CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS\/PARTICIPATION Tongue to Tongue: Provoking Critical Dialogues Among Queer Women of Color is a community-organized three-day dialogue among diverse queer women of color, transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming communities of color featuring workshops, lectures, visual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Announcements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Announcements","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/category\/announcements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1874,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2016\/06\/14\/in-solidarity-with-orlando\/","url_meta":{"origin":109,"position":1},"title":"MALCS stands in solidarity with our familia","author":"la Webjefa","date":"June 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Herman@s de MALCS, our familia, On behalf of the officers and leadership of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), we write this message in solidarity with our community after the tragic events over the weekend that took place in Orlando, Florida. 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