- Skye Newkirk
We’ll have more on Andy Moreno — the transgender girl who’s reportedly been told she can’t run for homecoming queen at North Dallas High School — in Friday’s Voice.
But for now we wanted to note that Skye Newkirk, a genderqueer student at Texas Christian University, is apparently running for homecoming king. Genderqueer is a catch-all term for gender identities other than male or female.
Newkirk declined to comment for this story because she said homecoming king candidates are barred from promoting their campaigns anywhere except on Facebook, which is where we learned about it.
Anyhow, it looks like the first round of voting for TCU homecoming king got under way today and will continue until midnight tonight. Then there’ll be more interviews Oct. 14 before final voting on Oct. 20 and 21. Voting is open only to TCU students.
If Newkirk wins, it will be interesting to see how the school handles it. If you’ll remember, she was at the center of a major flap last year over a gay dorm at TCU.
The winner will be announced at halftime of TCU’s home football game on Oct. 23 — when the Horned Frogs’ take on Air Force.
This is a step in the right direction for change!!!! Genderqueer individuals and transgendered individuals should not be excluded from participating and being nominated for “King’s and Queen’s” at Prom or Homecoming or whatever the event. This is just the type of thing that our society needs to get “shoved” in the right direction for opening their minds and their understanding of how not everyone falls into the category of “male” or “female” that there is a very gray area in the world and we as a society should embrace that gray area!
Transmen can NOT be lesbians. This article is simply rediculous. Grow up, and fix your pronouns. Vote for Skye!
@Dolan: Nowhere in the article did I use the word “lesbian.” Furthermore, as far as I know, Skye identifies as genderqueer as opposed to transgender. Thanks though.
When I tried to tweet it, the title read “Dallas Voice- A lesbian homecoming KING at TCU?” You’ve done pretty well being respectful other than that. Can we fix it?