Should a boy of 10, who claims to be transgendered be allowed to use the girls bathroom at his school?

he's 10 . . . come on!

Kudos to the parents for standing behind their child. Too few parents can see how horrid it is to torture such a child but most of the posters here think hurting her more is good. That is just sick.

She has every right to use the gender correct restroom. She can do no harm to anyone and never will. It is the bigots that hurt people. She has already suffered enough so why inflict more pain on her just to support mindless bigotry and ignorance. She is not a he. End of story. She is a transsexual girl not a boy. Not rocket science to understand if you have a reasonable IQ.

She had no doubt had a full diagnosis of gender dyshoria which is caused by a known and medically accepted congenital birth defect. Would it be ok to tell a blind child they cannot use certain facilities in a school because there were born blind? Hell no. But some posters here think so. Sad. Her parents are dealing with this in a truly responsible manner and as such deserve those Kudos!

Sharon

I would require a psychologist's report of the child's true gender identity, if they were able to discern that the child actually identified himself as female and lived life as a female then I wouldn't have a problem with it. But this is the type of thing that creates a whole group of supposedly transgendered boys trying to get their way into the girl's restroom to spy on them (and vice versa).

I don't think this arguement is about prejudice or debates about the true gender of transgenders, it's all about politics. This little boy feels like a girl? That's not the fault of every other girl in the school. Sorry but this is a matter of maths - one child's comfort versus...say... 100 children's discomfort?

I am all for making allowances, but not bending over backwards and upsetting others because they are 'standard issue'. It seems we are now discriminating against the average person.

No. Only because he still has a penis.

We are sadly lacking in education. There is also a condition know as CAH, or congenital adrenal hyperplasia. This condition often causes genital birth defects in babies. The only way some of the newborns can be "sexed" is by DNA testing. Parents may not know for days what sex their child is. The baby is also facing major surgery.

Thank heaven this is discovered and addressed before the child enters the educational merry-go-round.

I'm sure there are other challenges with newborns. It's not just a matter of sex. "I don't wanna be a girl and have periods. I wanna be a boy. If I kiss my elbow like Uncle Charley told me will I change?"

We need to become more open to sex education and sex education needs to include more that the challenges of puberty, birth control, and procreation.

Don't curse me until you've walked a mile in my Crocs.

i disagree. he should have to use the men's room. he is physically a male. and while he may 'feel' like a girl, does he state whether he likes boys or girls better? no. i think if a child feels one way or the other, they should still be taught how to get along in the real world.

If i go into a ladies room and there's a bloke there who says 'i feel like a woman.' i would not give two toots. it's a GIRLS room. I often feel like a cheeseburger but i don't go sit on a maccas grill.

In my opinion, the school had the perfect solution when they provided a private bathroom for the transgendered boy. What about the rights of the girls at the school? Seems they weren't taken into consideration at all.

It sounds to me like the kid who bullies the transgendered child is a douche bag. Had he not bullied the child, there wouldn't be a problem. At all.

It's not the child CLAIMS to be transgendered. It sounds like this had been established long ago. I think SHE should get to use the girls bathroom.

If he has male genitalia, then he should not be allowed in the ladies (girls) restrooms or locker rooms. If you are going to allow one male (and he is a physical male) into the female facilities, is it not discrimination against the other males in the school to keep them out?

There is a reason that there are sexually segregated facilities. When you allow a male into the female area, or a female into the male, you are forcing the females (or males) to accept the opposite sex in their restroom / locker room facilities.

I do not care about the "rights" of the one who feels out of place. Those "rights" do not override the rights of the people who have to accept the presence of a male in the ladies room.

He should use the male restroom. Based upon anatomy only.

If we were to allow this, it would allow any rapist/perve/ etc etc to be in our daughters (and ours) public restrooms.

This really should not be up for debate.

well number 1 i highly disbelieve that a 10 year old is transgendered but he should use the boys bath room