RIVERSIDE: Cal Baptist sued by expelled transgender student

BY DAVID OLSON
STAFF WRITER
February 26, 2013; 06:51 PM

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130226-riverside-cal-baptist-sued-by-expelled-transgender-student.ece

A transgender woman is suing California Baptist University in Riverside for allegedly expelling her because of her gender identity.

Domaine Javier, 25, was expelled in August 2011 after she revealed in an episode of MTV's "True Life" that she is biologically male.

"CBU suspended her, excluded her from campus, and expelled her for one reason: she is transgender," the lawsuit said.

The suit, filed Monday, Feb. 25, in Riverside County Superior Court, accuses Cal Baptist of violations of state anti-discrimination laws and breach of contract. It asks for $500,000 in damages.

Theodore Stream, an attorney for Cal Baptist, said he had not seen the lawsuit and declined to comment.

I was listening to this on the way home today, all I got was her lawyer's side of the story. 

I thought the lawyers comment about how she gets stressed out everytime she passes the college in her car was a bit much, but the school really needed to address her questions and they didn't.