Trans student protests school gender policies
NEW BRUNSWICK / But mixed messages leave media and university adminstrators scratching their heads
Nick Logan / National / Saturday, November 13, 2010
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Trans_student_protests_school_gender_policies-9425.aspx)
Michelle Rayner's first day of classes at Fredericton's St Thomas University (STU) was meant to be a new beginning. Instead, she started her first year off, on Sep 13, with a punch in the face after entering a women's washroom on campus. The alleged assailant thought she was a man.
The 22-year-old Rayner describers herself as androgynous and identifies as transgendered. So, she says, a quick trip to the toilet isn't so simple in a world of gender-designated lavatories.
"It's kind of an anxious part of the day, for something that should be so normal," she explains. "Anyone that is androgynous, we deal with that on a daily basis."
Don't understand why she didn't call the police or at least, report it to the university authorities.
An assailent will now feel more empowered to ssault someone else.