Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom

[cali]

A transgender first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl has won the right to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado school.

The Colorado Rights Division ruled in favor of Coy Mathis in her fight against the Fountain-Fort Carson School District.

Coy's parents had taken her case to the commission after the district said she could no longer use the girls' bathroom at Eagleside Elementary. In issuing its decision, the state's rights division said keeping the ban in place "creates an environment that is objectively and subjectively hostile, intimidating or offensive."

The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund praised the ruling that was filled under Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act. Michael Silverman, the group's executive director, called the ruling "a high-water mark for transgender rights."

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/us/colorado-transgender-girl-school/

[HockeyMom]

1. Unisex, single person, in classroom bathrooms

I've worked in 2 different states with Pre-K through 1st grade. They all had one bathroom in the classrooms. All the kids, and staff, used this regardless of their gender. Nobody else but one person went inside.

In Florida, there were boys and girls bathrooms outside the cafeteria by the fields. Again, single person. Only one person could use it at a time. If one gender's bathroom was occupied, and the kid had to go real bad, they just used the other gender's and locked the door.

This child is very, very young. There should not be a problem most of the day at this age.