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Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban

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Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban
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Colorado parents of transgender 1st-grader file complaint over restroom ban
February 27, 2013 at 5:04 pm

By Colleen O'Connor
The Denver Post

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The parents of a transgender 6-year-old have filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division because Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain banned the first-grader from using the girls' restroom.

The child, Coy Mathis, was born male but identifies as female. She had attended the school since December 2011 before being pulled out by her parents.

"This is significant for both Colorado and nationally," said Michael Silverman, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, who is representing the family. "For Colorado, it is the first test of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act as related to access to bathrooms by transgender students. (Full Article)
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