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Title: ‘Growing Up Coy’ Explores the Fallout After a Family Fought for Its Transgender
Post by: stephaniec on June 06, 2016, 10:17:23 PM
'Growing Up Coy' Explores the Fallout After a Family Fought for Its Transgender Child

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/movies/growing-up-coy-transgender-documentary.html?_r=0

The New York Times/By CARA BUCKLEYJUNE 6, 2016

"Before North Carolina passed its controversial bathroom law, before Caitlyn Jenner transitioned and before "Transparent" became a hit TV series, a little kid in rural Colorado was told she couldn't use the girls' restroom at school anymore.

The story of Coy Mathis, a transgender girl who was born a boy, garnered international attention in 2013 when her parents, Jeremy and Kathryn Mathis, filed a complaint accusing the school district of violating the state's anti-discrimination law."