Girl Claims She Will Fail High School If Trans Students Treated With Equality

[KamaAina]

Not. The. Onion.

http://trans--scribe.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/girl-claims-she-will-fail-high-school.html

A 13 year-old girl and her conservative Christian mother are fighting against legislation that allows transgender students the right to use bathroom and changing facilities that match their gender identity, claiming that it will result in her failing High School.

Sigourney Cole has told school officials that she is being discriminated against because transgender students have been given the right to use the bathrooms and changing facilities that best match their gender identity. Speaking out on the issue Sigourney told officials that she did not wish to use the same facilities as transgender students due to religious reasons, and that her feelings should trump the law.

Sigourney and her mother have been fighting hard to get her school, Emmaus High School in Eastern Penn, to ban transgender people from using bathroom and changing facilities, despite the fact that there are no actual transgender students in the same class as Sigourney.

She went on to say that because transgender students are allowed to use the same facilities as her (again, despite not having any trans students in her own class) she feels that she must sit out of gym class, a choice that will result in her failing gym and ultimately High School. She is claiming that this is somehow her being discriminated against.

So if no trans people enroll in her school, she'll escape with a D-?

[Initech]

1. Go cue the world's tiniest violin.

[Person 2713]

4. They just need every election a new target for their haters to keep them engaged and donating $

along with telling them who to vote for

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Trans people didn't just come out of the blue from nowhere

It's like nobody really decided Trans people- and their ability to use changing rooms/bathrooms consistent with their gender identity- were a huge problem until North Carolina's HB2

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. The hatred previously extended to the entire spectrum

But now that they've lost all of the major battles with LGBs, now they're picking on Trans people.

[rusty quoin]

3. Failing High School is her choice.

[PersonNumber503602]

25. I'm betting more of her parent's choice.

[teenagebambam]

5. I sat out gym class

Because I was a bullied gay child and no one would do anything to stop it. I did just fine. Despite failing gym, I ended up with a doctorate, didn't hurt my academic progress at all.

[dsc]

12. how did you graduate

in most places those credits are required. I would have sat out and taken the f had that choice been given to me for similar reasons.

[struggle4progress]

6. I honestly can't remember who was in any of the bathrooms in my high school

I don't think I ever looked around to see

We didn't really chat much in the bathroom about religion, philosophy. news, the big issues of the day -- or anything else: it was do your business, wash your hands, and move on

[JanMichael]

8. Ding ding ding! You are correct. I never paid any attention...

...when using the bathroom.

Did we have any trans kids in my time in junior high and high school (1980-86)? Maybe, who knows? I was a typical self loathing teen that was pretty self absorbed.

I was friends with the people that were open to being my friends. I moved a lot so I was happy when anyone seemed nice. Shit I may have been friends, good friends, with girls or boys who are now men and women. They were still friends.

[Warpy]

26. I couldn't see anyone through the fog of hairspray and cigarette smoke

PE was a C minus for showing up, which is all a post polio kid with thick glasses could do.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Hmmmm. Why do I suspect she may be failing regardless of the bathroom?

[Aristus]

9. I recently had a patient who claimed that finding out transgendered people were

using the same bathrooms as she was gave her PTSD...

Yeah, not kidding...

[Eleanors38]

19. I know they are called thunder boxes, but jeez it's not a war in there!

[irisblue]

22. that will not work for a SSD claim.

Whatt twit.

[GoDawgs]

10. Cryyyy-baybee!! nt

[lame54]

11. She's already failing life - so who cares

[smirkymonkey]

14. Oh well, weed them out early I guess.

Interesting name.

[davidn3600]

15. The right wing seems to believe "religious freedom" gives them the right to discriminate

I see this argument a lot lately.

[joeybee12]

16. I see a great career in Republican politics

Legislating problems that don't exist

[Iggo]

17. Iggo Claims Girl Will Fail High School As A Result Of Her Own Prejudice.

[Eleanors38]

18. If this is true, PA must have some exotic plumbing codes.

[jpak]

20. Oh. Fuck. Off.

These people are assholes.

yup

[B Calm]

21. She is blaming her stupidity on transgenders, wow.

[Nevernose]

24. Why is Sigourney Cole looking at other people's genitals?

Maybe she should spend more time reading books and practicing math.

[Warpy]

27. Depends.

No, seriously, honey, buy a couple of packs. You'll never have to risk the bathroom again.

[XemaSab]

28. Lemme guess:

She can't learn about evolution, read "Catcher in the Rye," study the secular roots of the United States, or take sex ed, either.

Why doesn't her mom just give her a good old fashioned sub-adequate Christian homeschooling?