The “system” set this 14 year old boy up.
At 14, I don’t think for one minute he had a reasonable grasp as to all of the consequences, like the ones you laid out. Could he have transferred schools? Possibly. But then what of the others left behind to be taunted by the girly boy? In this case, the “system” gave preference to one vs. looking out for the many.
He tried to work within the “system”. A “system” designed to endorse, recognize and encourage the behavior of the girly boy. A “system” designed to re-educate the straight to accept the girly boy’s behavior and to then “tolerate” its actions that the boy felt threatened by.
There is nothing indicating what took place in the restroom, but I don’t believe it was completely harmless if the boy felt threatened by it enough to resort to shooting the other kid.
20/20 hindsight or even foresight by an adult is one thing, but I think that expecting a 14 year old to to envision things the same as an adult would be a tad ambitious.
The “system” failed both of these kids and will walk away scott free by making a promise to do more “tolerance and inclusion” education classes for the students and faculty.
I blame the socialist frauds running our schools into the ground for this. The 14 year old boy wearing girl make-up was unnecessarily disturbing the class. He should have been expelled until he wised up. After he graduates he can run up and down the street in full drag singing opera and no one would much care.