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  • Transgender Homecoming Queen: Cassidy Campbell Wins

    Cassidy Lynn Campbell, a transgender teen, has become the homecoming queen at her high school in Huntington Beach, California. Campbell, the 16 year old high school senior, broke out in tears during the ceremony on Friday night. She was born a male, but has said that she always felt like a girl. She wanted to run for homecoming queen in order to make a statement to her peers and for other people like her around the world.

    During Marina high’s homecoming pep rally, the homecoming queen candidates was narrowed from ten to five, with Cassidy among them. The next part of the process took place during halftime of the football game, where she was pronounced the winner, according to the Los Angeles Times. Before the election occurred, she told The Times, “If I win it would mean that the school recognizes me as the gender I always felt I was.”

    She was very happy to be awarded homecoming queen and was stunned upon the announcement. This is a big deal for the LGBTQ community, as awareness continues to rise. To be recognized in this way is a very special achievement for Campbell and others like her. Her peers erupted in cheers as she won and upon the announcement that she was one of the finalists. It is impressive to hear that the students reacted this way, because often people that are transgender or other people that align themselves with the LGBTQ community get teased and are disgraced by the people that know them.

    After years of not fitting in, she finally feels like she can be accepted after being crowned the homecoming queen, reports CBS Los Angeles. One of her peers and supporters, Janet Tran, also gave strong support for her classmate when saying “I think it’s really awesome ’cause a lot of people wouldn’t be able to do what she does. I mean … I would be so scared and she’s accepting everything that everyone is saying. She’s taking it all in … in a good way.”

    Her fellow students started chanting her name after she was crowned, and ran down to the field to hug her. Cassidy is certainly correct when saying “I think it really shows the progression of the times.” This is an important step for her and for others in the community in which she lives, as well as other people that live lives like hers. If she is she able to speak out and be open about it, maybe other people will see this and be able to do the same thing.

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  • Bullied Dolphin Takes Shelter in Huntington Beach: Twitter Reacts

    Bullied dolphin: Just saying those two words aloud fills me with some sort of bizarre, misplaced sadness. And, no, this isn’t some sort of publicity stunt for a new animated film from Dreamworks.

    The next time someone is giving you a hard time about this, that, or the other, take some comfort in knowing that, out there somewhere in those vast oceanic waters, is a sad little dolphin who is experiencing the exact same set of emotions. If this isn’t the beginning to a worldwide best-selling children’s book, then I don’t know what is. I should probably consider purchasing the domain bullieddolphin.org as soon as possible. But, I digress.

    A dolphin nicknamed Freddie has been hanging around the Huntington Beach area despite efforts from rescue crews to guide the little guy back into the open sea. Although there is plenty of food for the little guy to survive on, wildlife officials would love nothing more than to get Freddie out of the wetlands and back into the ocean where he belongs.

    Unfortunately, human spectators along the shore are scaring the poor little guy from making the trip back into the sea. Authorities from the Department of Fish and Game have used paddle boards to help guide Freddie out of the wetlands, but on-lookers have sent him scrambling back into safer waters. Efforts have also been thwarted by a pod of dolphins that have, on occasion, chased Freddie away from the sea.

    “There could be tension among the dolphin pod and dolphins can be very aggressive, even among themselves,” Peter Wallerstein of Marine Animal Rescue explained.

    Freddie is one of seven dolphins that swam into the wetlands last week. Six of them have already returned to the sea.

    Officials are asking for people to stay away from the area until the situation has been resolved. No sense causing the little guy more grief than he’s already experiencing. Twitter users have been smitten by the story’s cuteness factor. Let us know what you think about bullied dolphins in the comments section.

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    Courtney Smith    “@sothenlilisaid: @chelsey513 @sayYESSICA @CourtkneeJoan unanimous “aww” as a response to a news story about a dolphin being bullied. #TSM”(image) 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Jay Worthy (:    This Dolphin Is Getting Bullied ? I Guess Thats Important .(image) 42 minutes ago via TweetCaster for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Shelby Grad    I can already see the Lindsay Lohan movie: Wayward dolphin may have been bullied by others http://t.co/AZDUB3CP via @lanow(image) 12 hours ago via Tweet Button ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Kirsten Massebeau    I feel terrible for this dolphin. Separated from his pod stuck in this little lagoon. How lonely he or she must be. http://t.co/zsCBYg0I(image) 19 hours ago via Facebook ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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    Karen Gonzalez     The bullied dolphin that’s hanging out at Huntington Beach 🙁 poor baby(image) 8 hours ago via Echofon ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto