A six-year-old transgender Colorado girl won a civil rights - TopicsExpress



          

A six-year-old transgender Colorado girl won a civil rights lawsuit after her public school decided she could not use the girls’ bathroom. First-grader, Coy Mathis who was born male, has identified as female since age four. Coy’s parents say they first started noticing when she was about 18-months-old. The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Mathis family and said, in a statement, the ruling is not only a big step for Coy, but also holds great meaning for the entire transgender community. “This is the first ruling in the nation holding that transgender students must be allowed to use bathrooms that match who they are, and the most comprehensive ruling ever supporting the rights of transgender people to access bathrooms without harassment or discrimination.” The laws protecting transgender people vary from state to state. Currently 17 states and the District of Columbia have some form of legal protection.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 02:31:01 +0000

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