Parent wants rural Ga. school to let trans elementary student use boys' restroom

[Shana A]

Parent wants rural Ga. school to let trans elementary student use boys' restroom
by Ryan Watkins   
August 26, 2011 12:33

http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/georgia-news/3170-parent-wants-rural-ga-school-to-let-trans-elementary-student-use-boys-restroom

More than 2,300 people have signed a petition on Change.org calling on the McIntosh County Public School system to allow a seven-year-old transgender child the right to use the boys' restroom.

The petition was created by Tommy Theollyn, a 28-year-old transgender man from Townsend, Ga., after he said he was told by McIntosh County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. William Hunter that his child, D., would not be allowed to use the boy's restroom at Todd Grant Elementary School.

"My child is transgender; put simply this means he looks like and identifies as a boy, but has the body parts assigned to girls," Theollyn states in the petition. "Forcing him to use a bathroom that does not match his presentation effectively discloses his status as a transgender child and thus endangers him."

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Looks like the petition is up to 27,000. I thought people would like the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/mcintosh-county-georgia-schools-allow-my-transgender-son-to-use-a-safe-restroom-at-school?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=WqGBxEeNRk_YOWJzvnYgF

[Shana A]

School bans transgender child, 7, from using boys' toilets because she was born a girl

By Leon Watson
Last updated at 11:32 AM on 15th September 2011

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037594/School-slammed-banning-transgender-child-7-using-boys-toilets-born-girl.html

Most children are nervous on their first day at school. Possibly even a little scared.

But for a transgender child, whose father is also transgender, starting school in the traditional Deep South of the U.S. was always going to be difficult.

And then there was the all-important question - should the child use the boys' or girls' toilets?

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Georgia school denies use of boy's bathroom to transgender child

By Christian Boone
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-school-denies-use-1180991.html

The father of a 7-year-old born a girl said the second-grader, prohibited from using the boys bathroom at school in McIntosh County, has never fit traditional gender roles.

At 18 months, the child told Tommy Theollyn, 28, "I'm a boy."

The child's father, who gave birth a year before beginning his own gender transition, said he wants school officials in this rural southeast Georgia county to view his son the way the child has always viewed himself.

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Transgendered Darien child's family seeking school relief
Posted: September 15, 2011 - 8:45pm
By Teresa Stepzinski

http://savannahnow.com/news/2011-09-15/transgendered-darien-childs-family-seeking-school-relief#.TnNT0U9aPUJ

DARIEN — The father and grandmother of a 7-year-old child born a girl but whom looks like and identifies as a boy met with the McIntosh County school board behind closed doors Thursday night seeking permission for the youngster to be allowed to use the boys' restroom at school.

Tommy Theollyn presented board members with an online petition bearing nearly 41,000 signatures from people listing addresses from around the world who support the family's cause

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Family Petitions McIntosh County Schools to Allow Transgender Child to Use Boys Restroom

By: Tuquyen Mach
Published: September 15, 2011

http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/sep/15/4/family-petitions-mcintosh-county-schools-allow-tra-ar-2416259/

A McIntosh County father is asking the school board to allow his transgender child to use the boys bathroom. 

The 7 year-old second grader is physically a girl but living as a boy, and the family said school officials had ordered the child to use the girls restroom.