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Georgia school denies use of boy's bathroom to transgender child
Atlanta Journal ^ | 9-15-11 | Christian Boone

Posted on 09/15/2011 11:59:10 AM PDT by Brookhaven

The father of a 7-year-old born a girl said the second-grader, prohibited from using the boys bathroom at school in McIntosh County, has never fit traditional gender roles.

At 18 months, the child told Tommy Theollyn, 28, "I'm a boy."

The child's father, who gave birth a year before beginning his own gender transition, said he wants school officials in this rural southeast Georgia county to view his son the way the child has always viewed himself.

"I'm fighting to get a second grader back in school," said Theollyn, who pulled his son out of Todd Grant Elementary after his teacher forced the youth to use the girls bathroom.

The 28-year-old Atlanta native on Thursday will present a petition to the McIntosh Board of Education containing roughly 40,000 signatures supporting Theollyn and his son, nicknamed "D."

"My child is transgender; put simply this means he looks like and identifies as a boy, but has the body parts assigned to girls," Theollyn writes in the petition posted Aug. 24 on Change.org. "Forcing him to use a bathroom that does not match his presentation effectively discloses his status as a transgender child and thus endangers him."

D. effectively came out as a boy last year, Theollyn told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He even began telling classmates he was trans.

"Last year, we reached a very distinct and definite point when [his son] identified as a boy," said Theollyn, adding D. typically dresses as a boy.

There was little controversy at the time because D. was attending a more liberal private school in Atlanta, his father said. Financial problems forced Theollyn and his son south to McIntosh County: population 14,333.

Theollyn met preemptively with his son's teacher, who said she would accommodate D., allowing him to use the boys facility when it was unoccupied.

After D. was told to use the girls bathroom instead, Theollyn arranged a meeting with McIntosh school superintendent William Hunter, who threatened to alert the state's Child Protective Services division about the situation. The superintendent did not return calls for comment from the AJC; Theollyn said CPS was never contacted.

"All I'm asking for is a conversation," said Theollyn, adding he understands why people may have a difficult time accepting his son's situation. "I'm not offended that people are concerned about the welfare of my child. Their questions are valid."

Theollyn said he has taken D. to a child psychologist and pediatricians who verified his son has reached his own conclusions about his gender identity.

"We sought help as a family to find out what we should do, how we should handle this," he said. "People should know I'm not the one who told him he's trans. That came from him."

The American Psychological Association advises parents of "gender-atypical" children to work with schools to address their needs and ensure their safety.

"In most cases it is not helpful to simply force the child to act in a more gender-typical way," the APA said.

Theollyn said he's talked with other parents of trans children who've faced similar problems, though overall more people are understanding of the challenges those kids face.

"Things seem to be changing," Theollyn said. "Kids are coming out younger and they're being heard earlier."

But he acknowledges McIntosh County may not be as open to transgender persons as, say, San Francisco or Atlanta.

"This is Step 1," Theollyn said. "The next step will be to take on issues of bullying that will inevitably arise."

D. understands the situation, said his father.

"I'd say he's pretty well-aware," Theollyn said. "He talks intelligently about it."

Mostly, "he just wants to go to school and be safe," he said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: endtimes; genderiddisorder; homonaziagenda; homonazism; homopsychoagenda; homosexualagenda; homosexualism; lastdays; leftismoncampus; lgbt; moralabsolutes; parentsshouldbeshot; restrooms; shootparents; transgender
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To: Brookhaven

Child abuse, plain and simple.

Firing squad is too good for this pervert.


21 posted on 09/15/2011 12:09:45 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Brookhaven
The child's father, who gave birth a year before beginning his own gender transition, said he wants school officials in this rural southeast Georgia county to view his son the way the child has always viewed himself.

I had to read this three times. If anyone someday wants to challenge themselves to make a family tree for the Theollyns...well, it won't fork, it will instead contort itself into a pretzel.

It is bad enough liberalism has encouraged the mental illness found in the adult in this story, but to allow that adult to then visit it on a child...unspeakable.
22 posted on 09/15/2011 12:09:48 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Brookhaven
Another “Leave it to Beaver” moment. Wally comes home from school and learns that Beaver wants to be called Sally. Ward and June think it is wonderful. Tonight on CBS at 9:00 p.m. ET.
23 posted on 09/15/2011 12:10:28 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: texaschick

That would have been pureed coincidence and quite saucy indeed.


24 posted on 09/15/2011 12:11:33 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Brookhaven

Nuts, the kid has none, so it pees with the girls. Typical case of garbage in garbage out.


25 posted on 09/15/2011 12:11:51 PM PDT by org.whodat (so Perry's purchase price starts at $5001.00: and $29,000 , was a sell.)
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To: Brookhaven

Like stretched elastic, society will only take this crap for so long, and when that day comes it won’t be pretty. History is rife with instances of the trash being taken out when the smell gets unbearable.


26 posted on 09/15/2011 12:13:31 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Brookhaven

This why people with severe mental problems should be allowed to adopt, keep, teach, or counsel children


27 posted on 09/15/2011 12:16:50 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

“balls on a Palm Tree and calling it a Pine.”, with that, the King laugh he had two!


28 posted on 09/15/2011 12:16:55 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Re-flush Congress in 2012, some crap remains!)
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To: Brookhaven

“The child’s father, who gave birth a year before beginning his own gender transition,”

This insane person should not be rearing a child.


29 posted on 09/15/2011 12:17:02 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: Brookhaven
It sounds like the Dad is more in need of therapy than the daughter. My youngest daughter liked her hair cut short, hanging around with Dad, playing catch, hiking, using hand tools and wearing boy's clothes up until age 8.

I rather enjoyed it because we hadn't been blessed with a boy and it was really nice to have a little shadow. Both my wife and I knew that was a stage a lot of girls go through, including my big sis who was the only girl among six brothers.

The turning point came rather suddenly one day when a lady in a store where we were shopping remarked "What a cute little boy!" She took off her baseball hat, stomped on it, retorted "I'm a girl!" and walked out. From that day forward, she would still pal around with Dad, but insisted on wearing dresses or girl colors like pink.

This spring, she blessed us with our first grandson. She is a wonderful mother and my son-in-law knows he is damn lucky to have her for a wife.

The point of this anecodote is society does not halve to accomodate to every child's fantasy, including those of adult children who don't outgrow them.

30 posted on 09/15/2011 12:21:14 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: dirtymac

“This why people with severe mental problems should be allowed to adopt, keep, teach, or counsel children”

Sorry! Forgot the Sarcasm tag.


31 posted on 09/15/2011 12:21:21 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)
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To: traditional1
Biologically incorrect and impossible

If I'm reading correctly, I think it gave birth when it was a "she."

32 posted on 09/15/2011 12:23:06 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Persevero

He probably will when he gets a chance.


33 posted on 09/15/2011 12:23:34 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!)
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To: Brookhaven

The child’s father, who gave birth
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OKaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay


34 posted on 09/15/2011 12:29:07 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Brookhaven

Make her use a urinal.


35 posted on 09/15/2011 12:29:50 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Brookhaven
The child's father, who gave birth a year before beginning his own gender transition, said he wants school officials in this rural southeast Georgia county to view his son the way the child has always viewed himself.

A little projecting there dude(tte)...

36 posted on 09/15/2011 12:31:09 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (8/30/10, the day Truth won.)
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To: Brookhaven
Second grade... hell they just found out that they have a belly button. This is pure evil.

LLS

37 posted on 09/15/2011 12:32:38 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Is the person that you support a Crony Capitalist... A.K.A. CRAPITALIST?)
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To: Genoa
If I'm reading correctly, I think it gave birth when it was a "she."

It was a "she" from the instant of its conception, and will be a "she" at her death.

Right now, unfortunately, she's a horribly-mutilated "she".

38 posted on 09/15/2011 12:33:51 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Brookhaven

At 18 months, the child told Tommy Theollyn, 28, “I’m a boy.”
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the child finished her errrr his thesis for a doctorate in gender determination that same year no doubt...


39 posted on 09/15/2011 12:34:03 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Poor kid. He needs a real parent.


40 posted on 09/15/2011 12:37:28 PM PDT by Brownie63
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