[exDemMom]

I remember when I was about 5 or 6, the woman who babysat us while my mother worked had a baby. I kept calling it a girl, and the mother kept correcting me that it was a boy. I have often wondered whether that child had a milder form of that disorder (now that I’m old enough to know about genetic disorders).

A poster above suggested that school policies should strictly be based on the presence of XX or XY chromosomes; my point is that even a genetic test is not absolute proof. A school district cannot have an absolute policy that XY will be treated as boys and XX as girls, when there is a small number of XY who are born as physiological girls. These individuals are not in the same category as “transgenders” who are clearly pretending to be someone of the opposite gender.

[xzins]

School policy is not about exceptions, though, Mom. It’s about the broad spectrum.

If there are exceptions to policy that are extremely rare such as this, most schools would never encounter the need, and when they did there would be confidential consultations among administrators, medical experts, and families.

And, if I understood you correctly, this child would have been treated as female, accepted since childhood as female, and presented as female for her entire childhood. As you say, this would not be a male deciding to get a peek at the girls by claiming one week to be a female. In fact, if unknowing of her actual status, this child’s parents would be outraged at the fakes being allowed in the girls’ restrooms.

[superloser]

This is a clear kind of abuse that is predictable in this environment where every mental illness related to sexuality is something to be celebrated rather than treated.

Yes.

Two things need to be present that do not seem to be present:
1) A professional diagnosis of gender dysphoria and a letter from a licensed psychiatrist.
2) The kid doesn't appear to be PRESENTING as female.

Both of those should be required before considering referring to the kid as "transgendered". There should be zero consideration of a claim until those two items are present. Heck, I'd even add in there a written plan for HRT and, if of age - a copy of the blood workup showing the kid is actually going through HRT just to show they're serious.

We have had some transgendered people in my workplace before. HR required documentation in quantity and then double-checked the validity of it. I don't see how the schools can require any less.