{"id":276,"date":"2025-12-22T02:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=276"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:21:53","slug":"homecoming-queen-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming Queen Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"193\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"12\">Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"193\">Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri, drew national attention during homecoming<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"193\">when cheerleader Zachary Willmore became the first male student crowned homecoming queen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"500\"><strong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"216\">Decision &amp; Moment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"500\">Unsure whether to run for king or queen, Willmore asked followers online and chose queen after a poll.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"500\">The crowning went viral on TikTok, showing cheering classmates as he celebrated in a gold dress.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"500\">He later said, \u201cIt was literally like a dream\u2026 it was just really special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"726\"><strong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"521\">Public Reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"726\">While many supported him, Willmore acknowledged, \u201cOnline, I did get some hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"726\">He responded by saying it was his dream too and noted that other boys also ran for queen, calling the backlash homophobia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"911\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"749\">Beyond Homecoming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"911\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Willmore has also challenged his school\u2019s dress code.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"728\" data-end=\"911\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A district spokesperson praised him as \u201ca wonderful student\u201d helping create more modern, inclusive rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri, drew national attention during homecoming when cheerleader Zachary Willmore became the first male student crowned homecoming queen. Decision &amp; Moment Unsure whether to run for king or queen, Willmore asked followers online and chose queen after a poll. The crowning went viral on TikTok, showing cheering classmates&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usanews1.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}