Transgender student allegedly told not to use school washrooms
John R. Kennedy, Global News
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:00 AMhttp://www.globaltoronto.com/transgendered+student+allegedly+told+not+to+use+school+washrooms/6442752653/story.htmlTORONTO - Students at a Durham Region high school are showing their support for a transgender student who they claim has been banned from using the school's washrooms.
Students at Clarke High School on Highway 115 in Clarington have collected more than 160 names on a petition, according to Grade 12 student Dan Brunelle.
Brunelle said his friend James was told by school officials at the beginning of the school year he can't use the men's washrooms because he is still in the process of transitioning from female to male.
James told Global News he was assured by principal Silvia Grdovic and a guidance counsellor that a solution would be found but, two months later, he is still waiting.
At the school, he was offered access to a special washroom for which he has to request a key.
"I felt like they were saying that to be transgender there's something wrong and that transgender people need to be segregated," said James.
