blogs.desmoinesregister.co – by Jens Manuel Krogstad
Steven Sanchez made history Friday when fellow students crowned him homecoming queen of the University of Northern Iowa.
Sanchez, 21, was born male but identifies as both male and female. He is UNI’s first transgender homecoming queen or king. Sanchez, who as a child endured relentless bullying, said the moment left him speechless. A standing room-only crowd had packed into a campus auditorium and erupted in applause when his name was read.