San Diego State University axes homecoming ‘king’ and ‘queen,’ replaces it with gender-neutral ‘royals’
San Diego State University has axed its longtime tradition of naming a homecoming “king” and “queen,” and this year will go with the gender-neutral term “royals,” the Daily Aztec campus newspaper reports.
As recently as last year SDSU named a homecoming “king” and “queen” during its annual football game, according to the university’s website. But this Saturday when the Aztecs take on the University of Wyoming Cowboys, the Royal Court will end up with the “final two Royals,” the website adds. It’s unclear if those final two “royals” will be one male and one female, or some other iteration of the LGBTQAAII spectrum.
“During the application process, candidates were allowed to select gender-neutral pronouns to identify themselves,” the Daily Aztec campus newspaper reports. “These gender-inclusive pronouns aim to dispel the common gender binary of categorizing people as solely masculine or feminine.”
Not all students are happy with the changes.
Wild Thing’s comment.…………
This is insane. And when we first heard of such things 20 years ago, we laughed. “Not in America,” we said. “What a bunch of tools,” we said.
And now the inmates run the asylum. Yeah, they’re crazy, but what have we accomplished? They’re craziness is becoming reality, and it is utterly frightening.