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"This year, as a senior, she won the coveted crown of Homecoming Queen."
Landon knew she was a woman all her life, but came out as transgender last year during her junior year.
Landon Patterson, 17, is the first transgender homecoming queen in her school’s history. And the high school senior began transitioning just last year as a junior, though she’s always identified as a woman. She says that her decision to come out was made easier in part by the support of her peers and her family.
“To be elected homecoming queen was an amazing feeling,” Patterson tells BuzzFeed News. “I was so excited that my peers felt so accepting of me and excited that I was making history for the trans/LGBT community.”
“When I came out as trans I was so afraid that I was expecting a lot of hate, but surprisingly there wasn’t much at all,” she tells BuzzFeed News.
“What a great week,” she captioned smiling photos with friends after winning her crown.
This year, as a senior, she won the coveted crown of Homecoming Queen.
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