A 6-year-old transgender child named Coy Mathis is a first
grader that attended Eagle Elementary School in Fountain, Colorado.
Coy has the body of a boy, but wears girls’ clothes, used
the girls’ restroom at her school, and identifies herself as a girl.
Fountain-Fort Carson School District told Coy’s parents in
December that she could no longer use the girls’ restroom at Eagle Elementary and
would have to use the boys’ or nurse’s restroom instead.
This act has caused Coy’s parents and the Transgender Legal
and Defense Education Fund to bring a complaint against the school for
violating the girl’s rights.
The school’s lawyers released a letter saying:
“The district's decision took into account not only Coy but other students in the building, their parents, and the future impact a boy with male genitals using a girls' bathroom would have as Coy grew older."
“The district's decision took into account not only Coy but other students in the building, their parents, and the future impact a boy with male genitals using a girls' bathroom would have as Coy grew older."
Coy’s parents have since begun to home-school her in response
to the situation.
Information on transgender can be found here.
Information on transgender can be found here.
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