Parents of transgender child: Our magnetic 5-year-old is not a threat to anyone

[stephaniec]

Parents of transgender child: Our magnetic 5-year-old is not a threat to anyone

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/06/03/parents-of-transgender-child-our-magnetic-5-year-old-is-not-a-threat-to-anyone/

The Washington Post/By Ron Ford Jr. and Vanessa Ford June 3 at 11:53 AM

"The Ford family lives in Washington, D.C., where Ron works for the federal government and Vanessa teaches science in a public school. They wrote about their experience as parents of a young transgender child after speaking with Obama administration officials who helped craft the directive to public schools regarding accommodations for transgender students. That directive has sparked backlash in some areas of the country, leading 11 states to sue the administration arguing that the rules amount to federal overreach.

The Fords say that the debate about transgender children using the bathrooms of their choice isn't really about bathrooms at all. They say it's a debate about discrimination. This is their story.

— Emma Brown"