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Edited by Ryan: 7/28/2013 9:30:46 PM
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"Trans Nursing Student Told to Use Bathroom In Closet or Face Charges"

[quote]A transgender nursing student in Clearwater, Fla., says that school administrators ordered her to stop using the women's restroom, instead mandating she use only a single-stall bathroom in the administrative building, or she'll face criminal charges that would result in her removal from the program. Alex Wilson is a certified nursing assistant, taking classes at Pinellas Technical Education Center to become a licensed practical nurse, according to WFLA-TV. She also happens to be a transgender woman, who began hormone therapy four years ago. Until Monday, Wilson used the women's restrooms in various campus buildings between and during classes. But she says on Monday, administrators pulled her out of class and told her she would no longer be allowed to use any of the public women's restrooms. Instead, she was required to use only a single-stall bathroom in the administration building. "It's a small restroom in, what looks like a storage part of the administration building," Wilson told WFLA. "There's some cabinets, cleaning supplies." If she did not comply, Wilson says the school officials threatened to press charges against her, which would disqualify her from the educational program. "It's not right," said Wilson in the WFLA video interview. "And the fact that I would have to continue to use that restroom for the continuation of my education; that's not right." A spokeswoman for the Pinellas school district told WFLA that administrators plan to investigate the incident, but that in such a situation, "a person will be offered access to a private restroom. And that's for the individual's privacy and for the privacy of other students." Access to bathrooms has long been a contentious issue for transgender students, although a recent case in Colorado might provide guidance for the Florida school. Last month, the Colorado Division of Civil Rights ruled that a transgender first-grader must be allowed to use the girls' bathroom at her elementary school. While Coy Mathis is just six years old, advocates note that her case could provide an encouraging precedent for trans students of any age around the country who want equal access to basic facilities, usually considered to be public accommodation.[/quote] This is really messed up. They are forcing her to use a single restroom that isn't near her classes and they are barring her from using both public male and female restrooms on campus. That just goes to show this isn't about protecting her, it is just about making the bigoted and close-minded individuals feel more comfortable. I am happy with the outcome of the Colorado case though, and I hope there are more like it. In general, I really wish that society would put less of a focus on dividing people based on sex and gender, it would clear up so many of these issues.
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  • Most people here seem to be from the Brule Schule of thought.

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  • She has to use a different bathroom? OH THE HUMANITY!!

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    • Sounds like easy money.

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    • Born with Penis? Men's restroom Born with Vag? Women's restroom No exceptions. And no, we are not building entire new restrooms for the crazy small number of these people.

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      • I consider myself a liberal but... I find it difficult to sympathize with transgenders. To me it seems like a matter they brought upon themselves. Anyone agree?

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        • Edited by The Great DanTej: 9/12/2013 6:32:06 AM
          *looks at picture in the article* Ok, I get that you're uncomfortable in your body, however, some people simply cannot pass off as the opposite sex; and considering that's the whole point of transitioning, successfully passing, then trying when it's clear it wont work isn't going to help you at all. /rant On a more ontopic note, why do we even have segregated bathrooms? I can't for the life of me figure it out, and the closest to a valid answer i've ever gotten is "because girls don't want to see guys pissing in urinals and such" and even then it's not that great of an answer.

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          • If you were born with a penis, you are male. No matter how hard you try to wish your dick off or even if you have the funds to get it removed, you're still a male. You should have to use the male restroom. Tired of all these "I am a woman born in a mans body" ideas.

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            • Once again the liberals think it's perfectly OK to discriminate against the 99% of people for the perceived "rights" of a protected class. How about the rights of all the other students to use a bathroom where [i]they[/i] feel safe and comfortable?

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              • Okay let's make 98% of the population uncomfortable for the sake of the other 2%... smh.

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                • After reading these comments, I have determined that Wyldfyre is the single-most bigotted, moronic, heaping pile of douchebaggary on the internet.

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                  • HOW HORRIBLE!! OMG!!! HOW COULD THEY!!?!?!

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                    • So if I say I'm a woman trapped in a mans body. I'm allowed to use the womens bathroom now? NICE

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                      • Remove bathrooms.

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                      • Edited by Butters: 9/11/2013 6:32:38 AM
                        We don't handle human conditions mental or physical by inconveniencing or affecting other people's lives, why would transgendered people get a special exception? If you look like a girl then use the girl's bathroom, if you look like a guy use the guy's bathroom. Just use a stall either way and the problem is solved. If she looks like a girl and they pulled her out then that would be considered inappropriate.

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                        • I don't see why so many people get worked up about this. Let people pee where they feel comfortable.

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                          • When regarding the use of womens' bathrooms, just follow my slogan: "If you've got a schlong, you don't belong."

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                            • Wait a 6 year old decided for themselves that they are a transgender? No I call shenanigans. Children say funny things all the time a forget about it right after. I think taking certain things they say seriously might be a bad idea.

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                            • [quote]In general, I really wish that society would put less of a focus on dividing people based on sex and gender[/quote] Why? Sex and gender aren't some fluid, obscure notion. You're either a male or a female. Feeling that you're the opposite sex of what you were born as is a mental disorder, not some lifestyle choice that society needs to be accepting to.

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                              • [quote]Clearwater, FL[/quote] Hey that's where I live

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                              • That's a poor lifestyle choice and it is negatively effecting its career. If you just live your life the way God intended then we wouldn't be having these controversys all the time.

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                                • And people say we're "equal". HA.

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                                  • I have a hard tome believing people are this cruel. It might just be that I don't trust the media to tell the truth.

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                                  • Edited by BADMAGIK: 9/8/2013 2:45:55 AM
                                    I'm getting really tired of this horseshit. Why are the gays constantly on a -blam!-ing rampage to shove their life style choices down everyone's throats? No gives a shit if someone if gay, bi, both sexes or whatever. Did it ever occur to them that if they simply stop throwing it people that they have to accept their choices, that people would simply not care anymore and life would move on? I seriously do not understand what the big -blam!-ing deal is. Great! Your -blam!-ing gay. Whoopti -blam!-ing do! Now stop telling everyone they have to accept it and move on. People tolerate it, but they do not have to accept it. -blam!-! This is the bullshit I cannot stand with Liberals.

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                                    • Transgenderism is BS anyway. "OH LOOK AT ME, I MAY HAVE A PENIS BUT I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN! THEREFORE I MUST BE A WOMAN!" what a crock of shit.

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                                      • Edited by die wily: 7/29/2013 12:14:42 AM
                                        What's the reasoning behind separate bathrooms to begin with? I can't even be happy for the Colorado incident because it just seems like we're prohibiting perfectly good toilets on the basis of one's gender, which is irrelevant to toilet-use.

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