Maines said that HE felt singled out and embarrassed because of the restroom policy.
Yeah. Being batshi!t crazy has always had a tendency to single a person out.
Posted on 06/17/2013 5:48:34 AM PDT by servo1969
Maine’s highest court will soon decide which restroom Nicole Maines, a 15-year-old transgendered student, should use.
Last week the state supreme court heard oral arguments about whether a school district violated her civil rights when it forbid her from using the girl’s restroom. She was in fifth grade at the time.
Maines is biologically male but has identified as female since she was very young. As such, she wished to use the girl’s restroom. State law, however, mandates that boys and girls use separate facilities. Her school told her to use the staff restroom instead.
These requirements violate the Maine Human Rights Act, which bars gender discrimination in schools, claim the Maines family and their supporters, including the Maine Human Rights Commission and various LGBT groups.
“At the core of this case is whether the promise of equal educational opportunities for transgender students is realized,” said Jennifer Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project for the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, in a statement.
Maines said that she felt singled out and embarrassed because of the restroom policy.
“I hope they understood how important it is for students to be able to go to school and get an education and have fun and make friends, and not have to worry about being bullied by students or administration, and be accepted for who they are,” she said in a statement.
Maines enjoys the full support of her family, including her twin brother, who is not transgendered.
Her father was hopeful that the court would side with them.
“It has been extremely difficult, but I’m pleased to be here and to have our case heard, and I’m very hopeful for a good outcome,” said Wayne Maines in a statement.
The state supreme court is the next step for the Maines family, who lost in superior court earlier this year. The court sided with district administrators, who maintain that they are only upholding state law. To properly resolve the restroom issue for trangendered students, legislative action is required, they argued.
Reconciling transgendered students with school policies has become a thorny issue as of late. The family of a transgendered first-grader in Colorado is also suing the school district over restroom usage.
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Maine’s highest court will soon decide which restroom Nicole Maines, a 15-year-old transgendered student, should use.
Last week the state supreme court heard oral arguments about whether a school district violated HIS civil rights when it forbid HIM from using the girl’s restroom. HE was in fifth grade at the time.
Maines is biologically male but has identified as female since HE was very young. As such, HE wished to use the girl’s restroom. State law, however, mandates that boys and girls use separate facilities. HIS school told HIM to use the staff restroom instead.
These requirements violate the Maine Human Rights Act, which bars gender discrimination in schools, claim the Maines family and their supporters, including the Maine Human Rights Commission and various LGBT groups.
“At the core of this case is whether the promise of equal educational opportunities for transgender students is realized,” said Jennifer Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project for the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, in a statement.
Maines said that HE felt singled out and embarrassed because of the restroom policy.
“I hope they understood how important it is for students to be able to go to school and get an education and have fun and make friends, and not have to worry about being bullied by students or administration, and be accepted for who they are,” HE said in a statement.
Maines enjoys the full support of HIS family, including HIS twin brother, who is not transgendered.
HIS father was hopeful that the court would side with them.
“It has been extremely difficult, but I’m pleased to be here and to have our case heard, and I’m very hopeful for a good outcome,” said Wayne Maines in a statement.
The state supreme court is the next step for the Maines family, who lost in superior court earlier this year. The court sided with district administrators, who maintain that they are only upholding state law. To properly resolve the restroom issue for trangendered students, legislative action is required, they argued.
Reconciling transgendered students with school policies has become a thorny issue as of late. The family of a transgendered first-grader in Colorado is also suing the school district over restroom usage.
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THERE! Is that so hard?
The one in the psychiatric ward....
Seems like it should be required to put urinals in ladies rooms under AWDA.
Compassion and all that.
” The one in the psychiatric ward”.
BTT!!
> The one in the psychiatric ward....
Best answer to an insane question.
Since bathrooms are all about the plumbing, the question answers itself...
the bottom draw in the principals office
If he/she has a penis he/she must use the penis room. If he/she has a vagina he/she must use the vagina room. Not a question of gender at all, just biology.
The left, since Genesis 3, understands that if they manipulate the language, they have won 90% of the battle.
Push back is good.
If I identify myself as a millionaire will that make me one? Awwwww! Not fair. /whine
The quad.
The outhouse?
that’s freaky, she really does look like a boy, even has an adams apple, while her (I’m guessing identical twin) actually is quite pretty.
the one out back behind the tree.
If you care seven a little bit about your children as actual human beings and desire them to grow up with appreciation for freedom and history, not to mention 3Rs then you will not have them in public school in the first place. Were it 20 years ago you could sensibly have the delusion that you could improve your local schools and low information parents could in good conscience consign their children to them. That is not the case now and it will be worse tomorrow.
Make them wear diapers so they can sh%% and pi&& their pants and match their infantile mentality.
Why should REAL boys or girls be forced to deal with this BS!?
What’s to stop a straight boy from claiming to be “transgendered” for the sole purpose of gaining access to the girls’ restroom or locker room?
It wouldn't cost *that* much to add a Crazy People bathroom to all public facilities ...
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