Transgender ruling will affect Maine schools
Sep 30, 2010 5:36pm
http://www.necn.com/09/30/10/Transgender-ruling-will-affect-Maine-sch/landing_newengland.html?blockID=322010&feedID=4206(NECN: Amy Sinclair) - A recent ruling by the Maine Human Rights Commission is forcing schools across the state to look at how they handle transgender students. The commission said a middle school in Orono discriminated against a transgender student by not allowing the child to use the girls' bathroom.
It's lunchtime at a Portland, Maine high school. It's possible among these students is a child who was born with a biological sex but identifies as a different gender.
James Morse--Portland Supt: "We have youngsters who are transgender at the elementary school we have them in middle schools and high schools, we don't make a big deal and they are successful in the Portland school systems."
