“The whole point of homecoming king and queen is the student votes. And we voted, and Sammi is our homecoming queen.”LGBTQ NationMolly Sprayregen (She/Her)October 4, 2026Students and teachers rallied to support a transgender high school student who was selected as homecoming queen by her peers, causing backlash from angry adults.Sammi, a student at Pennsylvania’s Fairfield High School, was crowned queen of the annual homecoming dance the night of Saturday, September 26, after winning the most votes from her fellow upperclassmen, Your Erie reported.[...]“Sammi was voted by the students, and some parents didn’t like that,” student Preston Johnson told Your Erie. “I think that’s quite silly. The whole point of homecoming king and queen is the student votes. And we voted, and Sammi is our homecoming queen.”
The students know what's right.
Your Erieby: Jaxon AbeleSep 29, 2026Saturday night, Fairview High School held its annual homecoming dance, but this year, the celebration was the subject of controversy.Prior to the dance, upperclassmen students voted a transgender girl, Sammi, as this year’s homecoming queen.It’s a vote that didn’t sit well with some in the community, sparking what some are calling harassment on social media directed at the queen, students and school staff.“There was a lot of hate saying that Sammi, being a transgender individual, was taking the spot from somebody who was born female,” said Logan Thompson, student council secretary. “They were behaving erratically due to the results of our homecoming court.”
So now the Board of Ed has to put in it's two cents...
In light of the backlash form those who disagreed with the vote, a Fairview teacher organized a group to attend Monday night’s school board meeting to support Sammi.Dozens came out the meeting, leaving standing room only. Zero spoke out against Sammi being crowned queen, while Thompson spoke for the dozens who came in support.
Did you get that... no one was against her.
“Sammi was voted by the students and some parents didn’t like that,” said student Preston Johnson. “I think that’s quite silly. The whole point of homecoming king and queen is the student votes. And we voted, and Sammi is our homecoming queen.”
So what did the Board do? Nothing.
Once again, it is the outside agitators and not the town that created the problem.
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