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| Transgender teenager's use of women's locker room sparks student protest | Transgender teenager's use of women's locker room sparks student protest |
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| Lila Perry did not want to create a scene. But that is exactly what happened. | Lila Perry did not want to create a scene. But that is exactly what happened. |
| Earlier this week, more than a hundred students walked out of class in protest over the transgender teenager’s use of the women’s lavatory and locker room. | Earlier this week, more than a hundred students walked out of class in protest over the transgender teenager’s use of the women’s lavatory and locker room. |
| “I’m hoping this dies down,” Lila Perry, the 17-year-old who began identifying as a girl publicly in February, told the New York Times. “I don’t want my entire senior year to be like this.” | “I’m hoping this dies down,” Lila Perry, the 17-year-old who began identifying as a girl publicly in February, told the New York Times. “I don’t want my entire senior year to be like this.” |
| Dozens of students at Hillsboro High School, located south of St Louis, walked out of class on Monday in protest. Other students protested in support of her. | Dozens of students at Hillsboro High School, located south of St Louis, walked out of class on Monday in protest. Other students protested in support of her. |
| One female student said she did not want the teenager to use the women’s toilets because she had not undergone an operation. | One female student said she did not want the teenager to use the women’s toilets because she had not undergone an operation. |
| “I find it offensive because Lila has not went through any procedure to become female, putting on a dress and putting on a wig is not transgender to me,” student Sophie Beel told reporters. | “I find it offensive because Lila has not went through any procedure to become female, putting on a dress and putting on a wig is not transgender to me,” student Sophie Beel told reporters. |
| Ms Perry She told the newspaper she began feeling “more like a girl than a boy” when she was 13, said school officials gave her permission to use the girls’ facilities as the new school year began. | Ms Perry She told the newspaper she began feeling “more like a girl than a boy” when she was 13, said school officials gave her permission to use the girls’ facilities as the new school year began. |
| Dozens of students walked out of class in protest over the 17-year-old's use of the women's locker room | Dozens of students walked out of class in protest over the 17-year-old's use of the women's locker room |
| A senior local education official, Aaron Cornman, issued a statement saying the district “accepts all students no matter race, nationality/ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation”. | A senior local education official, Aaron Cornman, issued a statement saying the district “accepts all students no matter race, nationality/ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation”. |
| The student protest came on the heels of a school board meeting lasty week that was attended by so many parents it had to be moved to a bigger location. | The student protest came on the heels of a school board meeting lasty week that was attended by so many parents it had to be moved to a bigger location. |
| “My goal is for the district and parents to have a policy discussion,” said Derrick Good, a lawyer who has two daughters in the district and wants students to use either facilities based on their biological sex or other gender-neutral facilities. | “My goal is for the district and parents to have a policy discussion,” said Derrick Good, a lawyer who has two daughters in the district and wants students to use either facilities based on their biological sex or other gender-neutral facilities. |
| He worked with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian advocacy group, to draft a “student physical privacy policy” and submit it to the district. | He worked with the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian advocacy group, to draft a “student physical privacy policy” and submit it to the district. |
| Thank you to the cast of #PLL it means a lot to me to have trans representation on my fav show! #FAceToFace @imarleneking | Thank you to the cast of #PLL it means a lot to me to have trans representation on my fav show! #FAceToFace @imarleneking |
| Ms. Perry previously used a unisex faculty bathroom, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. | Ms. Perry previously used a unisex faculty bathroom, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. |
| Jeff Childs, a parent of two school age children, drove from his farm to attend the meeting. “I feel these girls have a right to their own privacy. Without the privacy they have nothing,” he said. | Jeff Childs, a parent of two school age children, drove from his farm to attend the meeting. “I feel these girls have a right to their own privacy. Without the privacy they have nothing,” he said. |
| Ms Perry said: “I think this is pure and simple bigotry I think they are using their claim they are uncomfortable, to target me a transgender woman.” | Ms Perry said: “I think this is pure and simple bigotry I think they are using their claim they are uncomfortable, to target me a transgender woman.” |
| She added: “It wasn't too long ago white people were saying I don’t feel comfortable sharing a bathroom with a black person and history repeats itself.” | She added: “It wasn't too long ago white people were saying I don’t feel comfortable sharing a bathroom with a black person and history repeats itself.” |