Oregon schools risk lawsuits over transgender kids and bathrooms, lawyers warn

[stephaniec]

Oregon schools risk lawsuits over transgender kids and bathrooms, lawyers warn

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/laws_on_transgender_students_i.html 🔗

Oregon Live/By  Casey Parks | The Oregonian/OregonLive   on January 20, 2016 at 4:10 PM

"In the months since Dallas School District leaders agreed to allow a transgender student to use the boys bathroom, parents in the rural Oregon community have prayed and protested.

Tuesday night, in front of a crowd of 250, the school board invited lawyers to explain publicly. What would happen, board members asked, if they barred transgender students from using the bathrooms they want to use? "

[SilverWing]

I have to say, this is just about one of the clearest explanations about how transgender law works in schools. (Please ignore the awkward way of putting it.)