Today's Video Headlines: 10/9/23
Honor student loses scholarship after homecoming ‘twerking’ video surfaces: ‘Felt like my life was over’Outrage over high school trans runner rising to 4th in girls’ division after placing 172nd in boys’and kicked her off the student government association over a “twerking” video has reversed course and requested a leave of absence following an uproar over the discipline.
The 17-year-old was seen dancing behind a friend who was reportedly “twerking” at a private homecoming after-party on Sept. 30 in the footage, which has since been deleted.Walker High Principal Jason St. Pierre put in an application with the local school district for a leave of absence for the remainder of the school year.The DJ who worked the event at Livingston Parish Country Club — and filmed and posted the video — described the teens’ dancing as harmless and “genuinely kids having fun.
Timonet’s classmates quickly rallied behind her — even selling T-shirts with slogans like, “Let the Girl Dance” and “I stand with Kaylee Timonet,” which have also been plastered across social media in solidarity.Kaylee Timonet was removed as Walker High School student government president, and her endorsement for a scholarship was taken away.
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