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Title: Superintendent Stands Up for New Jersey Trans Teen
Post by: skin on August 19, 2014, 02:39:49 PM
Post by: skin on August 19, 2014, 02:39:49 PM
Superintendent Stands Up for New Jersey Trans Teen Who Was Told She Had to Enroll in School as a Boy
Josh Middleton, Philly Mag
August 19, 2014
Yesterday I told you about Rachel Pepe, the 13-year-old transitioning transgender student who was told she would not be able to enroll at Thorne Middle School as female. In a shameful turn of events, the school told her that she would have to dress as and answer to her birth name, Brian.
Thankfully the school district's superintendent, William O. George, is stepping in to make the transition easier for Pepe. Yesterday evening he announced that he would work with staff to ensure she could attend school as Rachel, and do what he could to create a safe environment for her. This includes having the staff undergo LGBT sensitivity training.
More: http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/08/19/superintendent-stands-new-jersey-trans-teen-told-enroll-school-boy/ (http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/08/19/superintendent-stands-new-jersey-trans-teen-told-enroll-school-boy/)
Josh Middleton, Philly Mag
August 19, 2014
Yesterday I told you about Rachel Pepe, the 13-year-old transitioning transgender student who was told she would not be able to enroll at Thorne Middle School as female. In a shameful turn of events, the school told her that she would have to dress as and answer to her birth name, Brian.
Thankfully the school district's superintendent, William O. George, is stepping in to make the transition easier for Pepe. Yesterday evening he announced that he would work with staff to ensure she could attend school as Rachel, and do what he could to create a safe environment for her. This includes having the staff undergo LGBT sensitivity training.
More: http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/08/19/superintendent-stands-new-jersey-trans-teen-told-enroll-school-boy/ (http://www.phillymag.com/g-philly/2014/08/19/superintendent-stands-new-jersey-trans-teen-told-enroll-school-boy/)
Title: Re: Superintendent Stands Up for New Jersey Trans Teen
Post by: suzifrommd on August 19, 2014, 04:18:19 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on August 19, 2014, 04:18:19 PM
Yup. Mr. superintendent smelled lawsuit with legal bills as far as his budget would stretch.
"I suppose I ought to obey the law," he thought to himself.
"I suppose I ought to obey the law," he thought to himself.