Colorado transgender girl wins equal access to girls’ bathrooms at school

NEW YORK – GLAAD,  today announced along with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) that the Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of six-year-old Coy Mathis, whose school had barred her from using the girls’ bathroom at her elementary school because she is transgender. This is the first ruling in the nation…

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Colorado school bars transgendered 1st-grader from using girls’ restroom, prompts complaint

(CNN) — Just like she did during the first half of the school year, first-grader Coy Mathis wants to use the girls’ restroom at her Colorado elementary school. But school officials won’t let her. The reason? Coy is transgendered, born with male sex organs but a child who identifies herself as female. She dressed as…

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