The University of Nebraska at Omaha has named its royal homecoming pair, but don’t call them king and queen.The school has joined a growing number of other schools around the county that are moving to gender-neutral homecoming courts to be more inclusive of transgender students. The trend appears to be part of a larger national dialogue that erupted after a series of so-called “bathroom laws” and other pieces of anti-LGBT legislation were introduced in statehouses nationwide.
UNO administrators supported the change to dub the school’s homecoming winners as “royals,” CBS Omaha affiliate KMTV reports.
The two selected homecoming royals may be the traditional man and woman, or two men, two women, two transgender students or any other combination, officials said. ...