Nasir Fleming is a gay male student at Danbury High School in Connecticut. This past week, he made the news for winning the title of “prom queen” at his school. Fleming decide to run for prom queen as opposed to king to make a statement against transphobia in beauty and talent competitions. As Fleming said in the description of a Youtube video, “”As gay people, more or less, are becoming accepted in society, transgender people are still discriminated against severely. If I can win a title that is outside of my gender, there is no reason why a trans-person should have any problems winning titles in his or her gender. Stop the hate; start the love.”
You can watch Fleming win his prom queen crown in the video below.