Transgender student named homecoming queen at Iowa university

By Noreen O'Donnell (Reuters) - Steven Sanchez danced in gold sequined pumps and lip-synched Selena Gomez's "Like a Champion" and "Come and Get It" in becoming one of the first transgender students to be chosen a homecoming queen. Sanchez, 21, said he was still in shock that his routine had won Friday's vote at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. "I could not believe it when it happened, and I still can't believe it," he told Reuters on Saturday. "I've come so far as a person. ...



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