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Transgender child sues over Tennessee school bathroom law
The Associated Press ^ | August 4, 2022 | By TRAVIS LOLLER

Posted on 08/04/2022 1:05:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A transgender child and her parents sued the Tennessee Department of Education on Thursday over a law that prohibits transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities.

The suit was filed in federal court in Nashville by a student identified only as D.H. The complaint states D.H. was assigned male at birth but identifies as female. D.H., who is now 8 years old, began living as a girl at the age of 6, according to the lawsuit.

The school initially agreed to support D.H.’s social transition but by January of this year, the “administration could not provide D.H. with the support she needed to complete her social transition,” according to the complaint. That’s because Tennessee law prevents her from using the girls bathroom at school.

The school accommodates D.H. by letting her use one of four single-occupancy restrooms, which “reinforce the differential treatment” of D.H., according to the lawsuit. This violates her Constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause and also violates Title IX, the 1972 federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, the lawsuit claims.

The situation was so stressful for D.H. that at one point she stopped using the restroom at school entirely and began limiting her food and water intake to minimize her need for the restroom, according to the lawsuit. The child has developed “developed migraines, reflux, and recurring nightmares of school,” the lawsuit states.

“Years ago, I chose to move to Tennessee because it was known as ‘the volunteer state,’ whose citizens cared for their neighbors without hesitation — not a state that legalizes discrimination against helpless children,” D.H.’s mother, identified as A.H., said in a news release announcing the lawsuit.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: arth; culturewar; homosexualagenda; perverts; schools
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1 posted on 08/04/2022 1:05:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Boy wants to use the girl’s shower. Got it.


2 posted on 08/04/2022 1:05:50 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here’s a solution: let the transgender kids use employee restrooms.


3 posted on 08/04/2022 1:06:06 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yet another case of a delusional youth thinking they are oppressed.


4 posted on 08/04/2022 1:06:23 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: AppyPappy
Boy wants to use the girl’s shower. Got it.

I guess in America, dreams really can come true.

5 posted on 08/04/2022 1:07:20 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The rules of society were never intended to accommodate the freak.


6 posted on 08/04/2022 1:09:46 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: AppyPappy

Probably more like the boy’s mother convinced him he wants to use the girl’s shower.

Ask yourself why until the last three years did you never hear about a child wanting into the opposite sex’s bathroom.

Because nobody ever put that thought in their head, that’s why.


7 posted on 08/04/2022 1:09:46 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Began at age six?

Possible candidate for killing his parents during his late teen years for messing up his life.

8 posted on 08/04/2022 1:09:53 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They need to move back to Cali or whatever Dem controlled hell hole they came from. we in Tennessee neither want or need these type of adults. I don’t blame the poor kid but the parents are unstable and need to go.


9 posted on 08/04/2022 1:11:55 PM PDT by jetvol1
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To: AppyPappy

Thanks for interpreting the article for normal folks out here.


10 posted on 08/04/2022 1:12:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: mewzilla
Here’s a solution: let the transgender kids use employee restrooms.

The school accommodates D.H. by letting her use one of four single-occupancy restrooms, which “reinforce the differential treatment” of D.H., according to the lawsuit. This violates her Constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause and also violates Title IX, the 1972 federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, the lawsuit claims.

And it's not happy with that arrangement? When I was that age, I would have killed someone to be able to use a single occupancy bathroom ...

11 posted on 08/04/2022 1:12:10 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: mewzilla

“Here’s a solution: let the transgender kids use employee restrooms.”

Men’s or Women’s?


12 posted on 08/04/2022 1:12:14 PM PDT by TexasGator (ice )
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To: No name given
I think of it more as a case of a child being misled and abused by the degenerate adults in his life.
Nobody wants to be involved in some protracted lawsuit but the school should not compromise; let them go to court and escalate the case all the way to the US Supreme court where the whole grooming system will be put to its final rest.
13 posted on 08/04/2022 1:12:51 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If he has any kind of singing voice he’ll be able to do castrato roles in Baroque operas in a few years - he’s not much use otherwise.


14 posted on 08/04/2022 1:13:15 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: mewzilla
Here’s a solution: let the transgender kids use employee restrooms.

From the article: The school accommodates D.H. by letting her use one of four single-occupancy restrooms, which “reinforce the differential treatment” of D.H., according to the lawsuit. This violates her Constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause and also violates Title IX, the 1972 federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, the lawsuit claims.

And it's not happy with that arrangement? When I was that age, I would have killed someone to be able to use a single occupancy bathroom ...

15 posted on 08/04/2022 1:14:08 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: AppyPappy
. . . a law that prohibits transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities.

This is double talk to describe a law that protects the safety and norms of normal students who don't want boys in girls restrooms.

The school already made accommodations by letting it/him/her use unisex bathrooms but unless it/him/her is flaunting their wares in front of girls, it just isn't good enough.

16 posted on 08/04/2022 1:14:10 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No such thing as “transgender.” You are either male or female, anything else is a case of someone with a mental disease. You cannot “pretend” to be anything other than your biological sex, any more than you can pretend to be a pirate on Halloween. Do not cede the language to leftists for when you do, there is no turning back.


17 posted on 08/04/2022 1:15:46 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: BlueLancer

accommodates D.H. by letting her use one of four single-occupancy restrooms, which “reinforce the differential treatment” of D.H.,
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OK, let any ‘gender’ kid use one of the four single-occupancy restroom.

No more differential treatment!

PS my wife, in high school, held it till she got home due to the thick smoke (tobacco) in the girl’s restroom.


18 posted on 08/04/2022 1:16:37 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Any person who believes he or she is something provably false is in need of psychiatric care and should be removed from everyday society. If there is a counter argument to that statement I would like to hear it.


19 posted on 08/04/2022 1:17:27 PM PDT by elpadre (W )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Imagine the kind of political swine who “find” a “transgender 8 year old, pay or dupe the parents to get involved in a lawsuit, for the purpose of social engineering through lawfare, turning gender norms on their head, and perverting children

Other articles reveal the filthy behind this is “Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David”


20 posted on 08/04/2022 1:18:37 PM PDT by PGR88
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