Transgender student Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, of Huntington Beach reacts after being crowned Homecoming Queen during halftime of Marina High School's football game Friday night.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell says being chosen as homecoming queen is “a huge step for the transgender community.”
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As Cassidy Lynn Campbell dresses for the homecoming dance, she places her foot on her bed next to a photo of herself as a child.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, right, hangs out in her room with her friend Kayla Walker, 18, of Huntington Beach, as they start to get ready for the homecoming festivities.
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Marina High School homecoming queen Cassidy Lynn Campbell, who was born a boy, puts on makeup before the homecoming dance.
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Friends, from left, Jasmine Poli, 14; Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16; Melissa Hooper, 17, and Bobbie Wilkinson, 17, all of Huntington Beach, gather to have their photos taken before the homecoming dance.
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Mother Wendy Walker takes a group photo. From left are Kayla Walker, 18; Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16; Melissa Hooper, 17; Ashlee Robinson, 16, Bobbie Wilkinson, 17, and Jasmine Poli, 14, all of Huntington Beach.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, right, walks with her mother, Christine Campbell, on the red carpet during halftime at the Marina High School football game. A few minutes later it was announced that Cassidy had been chosen as homecoming queen.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, of Huntington Beach is shown next to her mother after being crowned Homecoming Queen on Friday night. Cassidy revved up a social media campaign in her effort to win the crown, joining a growing group of transgender teens who see an opportunity to shake up gender norms by entering the traditional fall competition on U.S. campuses.
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Diana Le, left, has the honor of crowning transgender student Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, Homecoming Queen of Marina High School in Huntington Beach.
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Marina High School homecoming queen candidate Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, prepares to put on her wig in her Huntington Beach bedroom.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, a transgender senior at Marina High School, is one of 10 candidates for homecoming queen.
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Ashlee Robinson, 16, left, jokes with Cassidy Lynn Campbell as they put on makeup and talk about fashion in Cassidy's bedroom.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell gives herself a prescription estrogen injection. She only recently told her mother that she'd been taking testosterone blockers.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell rummages through her purse. She began this school year as a girl.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, applies makeup at home. Her parents aren't discouraging her from living as the girl she always felt she was.
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Cassidy Lynn Campbell, left, spends time with her friend Ashlee Robinson, also 16.
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