cheeseburger-Age: Johnny Vera -- Bringing a new meaning to Prom "Queen"

[Nick]

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/47430.html

Crowning moment
Roosevelt prom queen a transgender pioneer.
By Diana Marcum / The Fresno Bee
05/13/07 06:05:54

The silver tiara matched his silver stilettos when Johnny Vera was named prom queen Saturday night at Roosevelt High School.

He's the first transgender prom queen in Fresno -- and possibly anywhere.

Vera's win probably didn't surprise anyone who had seen the prom queen candidates' speeches Friday in the quad during lunch. Vera, effeminate and towering in heels, had wrapped his manicured nails around the microphone.

"For me, it's about more than a crown. It's about saying to people, 'Come out and be who you want to be,' " Vera said. A crowded, urban high school scene paused to listen. "You have to say, 'I am who I am, and I'm proud of who I am. My spirit will never be down on the floor.'"

"Things are the way things are until someone changes it," Vera said. "I started seeing that someone has to be first."

At football games when he's on the cheerleading squad, the crowd regularly chants, "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny."

"This person is amazing. He lights up everybody around him," Sosa said. "He always has a genuine compliment for everyone. Especially the shy kids. But he never sugarcoats anything. Johnny carries himself with a lot of dignity. And Johnny is so darn assertive. No one messes with Johnny."

The administration of Roosevelt High School had no problems with Vera running for prom queen.

"It's not our job to judge. We don't allow discrimination in any form here," said Vice Principal Ovidio Martinez.

"He's well-known. He stands out. He's 6-foot-4 in heels."

On Saturday night, he was prom queen.

Three words: You go girl. 

Cross-posted.

[G The Resurrected]

My town

second story in a week about crazy shit

[Nick]

are you lieing

[TVC15]

That could've been you, G.  You're such a disappointment to me.

[G The Resurrected]

Thats the Radison hotel i used to go to seasonal formals there for cotilions. Just next door is the Saroyan theater and Convention Center.

I live in fresno ca.

TVC I went for king at fresno high (transgender girl didnt win that one)

haha 

[Beezy]

The half blasian chick could get it.

[Phoenix Dark]

There's no way she was the hottest person there. Sounds like the judges wanted to make a political statement, like the Dixie Chicks winning grammys mmmk

This thread needs some real cheeseburger love

[Nick]

Prom King and Queen are decided by the student body.  It's very PC to be pro-GLBT these days, so the mere fact that he ran at all almost guaranteed a swift success in 2007.  While this is not surprising, I do find it to be a confident step forward in gay rights.  He is a very brave cheeseburger.

[G The Resurrected]

Is this the first of its kind to happen in the country? The other girls are right next to him in the picture.

[Phoenix Dark]

Prom King and Queen are decided by the student body.  It's very PC to be pro-GLBT these days, so the mere fact that he ran at all almost guaranteed a swift success in 2007.  While this is not surprising, I do find it to be a confident step forward in gay rights.  He is a very brave cheeseburger.

It's a confident step forward for ugly people you mean.

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[FlameOfCallandor]

I want to be a dolphin. Do you think they will elect me as the first ever trans-species prom king?

[Phoenix Dark]

Stop being intolerant!

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did you have sex this week honey bunz?

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[xnikki118x]

Prom King and Queen are decided by the student body.  It's very PC to be pro-GLBT these days, so the mere fact that he ran at all almost guaranteed a swift success in 2007.  While this is not surprising, I do find it to be a confident step forward in gay rights.  He is a very brave cheeseburger.

Agreed on all counts.

There were no gays or transgendered people on the prom court when I was in high school, but if there had been, I probably would have voted for them.

My high school wasn't the greatest with that stuff. There was a kid who should have graduated with my class, but he left school in 9th grade because people were threatening to kill him because he was gay. At least, that's what I heard from people, including a girl who was close friends with him. Sad.

[Scurvy Stan]

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Best cheeseburger evar.

[BlackMage]

would you fuck me? I'd fuck me... i'd fuck me so hard

[G The Resurrected]

Best cheeseburger evar.

So thats what TVC looks like in drag?  The KNIFE 

[Scurvy Stan]

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Interesting that they remade the video irl when they made an appearance on a TV show.

[Yeti]

The half blasian chick could get it.

If she's only half blasian, what is the other half?

btw, it should be cheeseburger-bore, not cheeseburger-age