Friday, February 15, 2013

Mass.Law Allows Boys to Use Girls' Locker Rooms; Transgender Boys Can Do So without Doctor's Note

A new, official interpretation of state law -- released by Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester -- requires schools to permit "transgender" boys to use girls' locker rooms, bathrooms, and changing facilities if boys "assert" they are really girls, the WND (World Net Daily) website reports today (February 15, 2013).

"Some students may feel uncomfortable with a transgender student using the same sex-segregated restroom, locker room, or changing facility," the official document states, but then concludes, "this discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender student."

Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, however, says there's something far more significant than "discomfort" at stake.

"The School Commissioner's first duty is to protect all students, from kindergarten to grade 12, not endanger them," Mineau said in a statement. "The overriding issue with this new policy is that opening girls' bathrooms to boys is an invasion of privacy and a threat to all students' safety."

Furthermore, the policy document explains, neither doctor's note nor hormone therapy -- nor even parental permission -- is needed for a student to switch sex: If a boy says he's a girl, as far as the schools should be concerned, he's a girl.

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