gut;1397290 wrote: If it's a problem there's always homeschooling.

WebFire;1397313 wrote:If it has a dick, it uses the boy's room.

Kathryn Mathis said she got a call "out of the blue" from the school in December saying that Coy could use the boys' bathroom, gender-neutral faculty bathrooms or the nurse's bathroom, but not the girls' facilities.

SnotBubbles;1397315 wrote:The school has to be sensitive to her special needs.

SnotBubbles;1397315 wrote:A hermaphrodite has a **** and a vagina.

SnotBubbles;1397315 wrote:A hermaphrodite has a dick and a vagina.

Eventually she'll probably have the dick lopped off...but until then...she's a 7 year old. The school has to be sensitive to her special needs.

SnotBubbles;1397315 wrote:A hermaphrodite has a dick and a vagina.

Eventually she'll probably have the dick lopped off...but until then...she's a 7 year old. The school has to be sensitive to her special needs.

Kathryn Mathis said she got a call "out of the blue" from the school in December saying that Coy could use the boys' bathroom, gender-neutral faculty bathrooms or the nurse's bathroom, but not the girls' facilities.

I feel for her, but as a parent I would not want a child with a penis using the same bathroom as my daughter.

Polar Bear 73;1397331 wrote:Let me make sure I understand. It has the organs of both genders? So in other words it has a vagina and a brain?

Fly4Fun;1397321 wrote:I don't know any transgender people nor do I know much about the little research there is to have a valid opinion on what it is or if it is even real.

Gender roles are generally society determined, although some of it is biologically determines from basic necessities such as women caring for children because they have the proper body parts to feed them when they are young. I don't understand how the fact that a boy might like girly things or a girl might like boy things makes them transgender. I'm sure in the DSM it is more in depth than that and something along the lines of they not only like things of the opposite sex but truly feel like they are trapped in the wrong body (I'm not sure how it works).

But as far as how the school handled it, I think they did the absolutely right thing considering everything.



[/FONT][/COLOR]They made available sex neutral facilities (the faculty bathroom) and the sex appropriate facilities (boys bathroom). If they just made it so he/she could only go to the male bathroom I could understand the cause for concern. But the sex neutral facilities eliminates that issue. I don't think a person with male sex organs should be going to the girls bathroom. But I can see how it could be confusing that a transgender person biologically male and identifying as female could have concerns and issues using the male bathroom.

Belly35;1397401 wrote:What if the tables where turn and girl wants to be a boy.... Would the girl shower with guy.

A PAC;1397498 wrote:Also, twenty bucks says this kid breast fed until he was 4.

gut;1397290 wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/us/colorado-transgender-girl-school/index.html

Born a boy but "identifies" herself(?) as a girl. School is being sued for not allowing her(?) to use the girl's restroom.

I have to ask though - does she still pee standing up?

But what happens down the road when using the lockerroom and showering after gym? Do we make 20 other kids feel uncomfortable in order to make 1 child more comfortable?

If it's a problem there's always homeschooling.