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    A Trans Prom on the Capitol Lawn

    A rite of passage, and an act of protest
    by Danielle McLean http://www.theatlantic.com/author/danielle-mclean/?utm_source=scribd May 25, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Eva O'Leary

    Photographs by Eva O’Leary

    Landon was supposed to be at her high-school graduation on Saturday. Instead, she was preparing to travel to Washington, D.C. By Monday, the 17-year-old from Gulfport, Mississippi, was wearing a long, sleek blue dress and dancing in front of the U.S. Capitol with about 100 of her transgender peers at the Trans Youth Prom.

    Landon’s plans changed earlier this month after Harrison County School District Superintendent Mitchell King informed her that she during the graduation ceremony, and not in a dress and heels as she’d planned. (Landon’s parents requested that she be identified by her first name only to protect filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on her behalf demanding that she be allowed to wear her dress, she decided not to attend.

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