From the Denver Post: The parents of a transgender 6-year-old have filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division because Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain banned the first-grader from using the girls' restroom.
The child, Coy Mathis, was born male but identifies as female. She had attended the school since December 2011 before being pulled out by her parents.
"This is significant for both Colorado and nationally," said Michael Silverman, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, who is representing the family. "For Colorado, it is the first test of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act as related to access to bathrooms by transgender students.
"On a national level, as we see more and more transgender people coming out at younger and younger ages, people will be watching what happens in Colorado."
In November, a Maine state court ruled that a school district did not violate a transgender student's rights under the Maine Human Rights Act when it prohibited her from using the girls' restroom.
Wm. Kelly Dude, the lawyer for Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8, said there are no Colorado cases requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use restrooms of the gender with which they identify.
Read more: Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_22674172/transgender-fountain-1st-grader-banned-from-girls-bathroom#ixzz2M5RyzKOK
I'm sorry, but there is no way in hell that a 6 year old knows whether or not they are transgender or not and the school certainly should not be letting a 6 year boy to go to the bathroom in the girls bathroom.
Finally, I would send CPS to investigate the parents to see what the parents are teaching/telling this kid.
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