Mother of Trans Teen Targeted by Right-Wingers Speaks Out (http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2013/10/21/mother-trans-teen-targeted-right-wingers-speaks-out)
BY Sunnivie Brydum
October 21 2013 1:55 PM ET
The mother of a transgender teenager in Colorado who was targeted by right-wing groups with allegations that her daughter's usage of the women's restroom constituted "harassment," is speaking out for the first time, and standing by her daughter.
The woman... told trans activist and blogger Cristan Williams that the first time the family learned about the alleged harassment was through a phone call from their daughter's principal after media crews showed up on campus.
"My wife and I were visiting my sister who was in the hospital while my daughter was in school," the mother tells Williams. "The principal called to inform me that a newscaster was at the school and wanted to interview me about my daughter's 'bathroom rights' — this was the first I'd heard about any of this. From what I understand, the school didn't even know. From what I was told, some adults tried to hold a rally protesting my daughter in a town close to ours, but only a couple of people showed up, so the news crew went to the school and the school called me to say that the news crew was showing up to talk about my daughter."...
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I thought I would share this since I knew this was what really was happening initially...
When I read this, I told my hubby that it made no sense as there was no explanation about how this Transgirl teen was even harassing these girls. I even made the comment, that I would not be surprised if they said our mere existence would be considered harassment. Well low and behold...
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