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Title: Hillsboro High students walk out over transgender dispute
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St Louis Post Dispatch
URL Source: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/ ... 39-5944-9733-32f569dcdc32.html
Published: Sep 2, 2015
Author: Doug Moore
Post Date: 2015-09-02 08:46:54 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 16167
Comments: 156
Lila Perry, a senior and transgender student at Hillsboro High School, speaks with reporters as Blayke Childs of Farmington offers his opinion after a student walkout on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, over Perry's request to use the girls locker rooms. Both supporters and opponents of Perry's request turned out for the morning protest. "I have sisters and brothers that go to school," said Childs, 21. "I don't want this to grow like wildfire." In the middle of last school year, Lila Perry came out as transgender. Before that, she had been living as a gay male. But that’s not who she really was. No longer was she going to pretend, Lila said. So this year, she told teachers and administrators at Hillsboro High School, where she is a senior, that she would no longer be content to use a unisex faculty bathroom. She wanted to be treated like other female students, including access to bathrooms and locker rooms for girls. Her decision spread quickly through the small Jefferson County school district and, on Monday morning, students at Hillsboro High School walked out in protest. During the walkout, Lila was locked in the principal’s office. She said she and administrators worried about her safety. The student walkout came on the heels of a School Board meeting Thursday that drew a large crowd — parents concerned that Lila is getting special rights at the expense of other students. Most of the students at Monday’s protest were opposed to accommodations for her. A smaller group gathered in support. “The girls have rights, and they shouldn’t have to share a bathroom with a boy,” said Tammy Sorden, who has a son at Hillsboro High. It is fine to be different, she said, but it is not right to give Lila special treatment “while the girls just have to suck it up.” Students and parents interviewed after the walkout were overwhelmingly in support of keeping Lila, 17, out of the school facilities for girls. But the school’s gay-straight alliance and other supporters held a counterprotest to show that not everyone is in agreement. Some students on both sides left after school administrators broke up the protest. Supporters of Lila said they did not feel comfortable going back into the school. Opponents said leaving school was a continuation of showing their position. Lila said she has dropped out of her physical education class because there is little supervision and that makes her uncomfortable. And she rarely uses the bathroom now while at school. Still, Lila said, she should be able to use the facilities girls use. “I wasn’t hurting anyone. I didn’t want to be in something gender-neutral,” she said, referring to the faculty bathroom administrators encouraged her to use. “I am a girl. I am not going to be pushed away to another bathroom.” LEGAL ISSUES High school administrators referred a reporter to Superintendent Aaron D. Cornman. He would not comment about the issue, which has become the talk of the community since classes began in mid-August. He said he had to protect the privacy of students. He did, however, hand a reporter a written statement. It said, in part, that the district “respects the rights of all students and appreciates the fact that the students we are educating are willing to stand on their belief system and to support their cause/beliefs through their expression of free speech.” Students were allowed to protest through second- and third-hour classes and then were asked to return to class. Cornman’s statement also says that the district accepts all students “no matter race, nationality/ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. We will promote tolerance and acceptance of all students that attend our district while not tolerating bullying/harassing behaviors of any type in any form.” Lila said the school administration has been very supportive and is working to make her feel welcome. They have allowed her to use the facilities used by girls and women. Districts that refuse to allow students to use a bathroom for the gender with which they identify could run afoul of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, said Kelli Hopkins of the Missouri School Boards’ Association. “The Office of Civil Rights has issued an opinion that says, if you do this, you have engaged in gender discrimination,” Hopkins said. “At the same time, there is no case law or statute in Missouri that says this is against the law.” Schools found to have violated a student’s civil rights are at risk of losing some of their federal funding, Hopkins said. ‘OUT IN PUBLIC’ Several people interviewed outside Hillsboro High on Monday argued that a student who still has male genitalia should not be allowed into a changing room with teenage girls. “I’m not comfortable with it,” said Britney Heimos, a 2008 Hillsboro graduate who was at the school to pick up her brother. “There is nothing wrong with being different. But when you are different, there are sacrifices.” Shortly after the protest, Jeff Childs, 47, and his son, Blayke, 21, both of Farmington, drove onto the high school parking lot with “Girls Rights Matter” painted on the sides and tailgate of the Ford pickup. When they were told by police to leave, they went to a Dollar General store, bought poster boards and markers and made signs that they held at the busy entrance to the high school. “This needs to stop before it goes too far,” said Childs, who has a niece and a nephew who go to an elementary school in Hillsboro. “I’m not trying to be ignorant, but (the transgender student) is bringing it out in public for everybody else to deal with.” Skyla Thompson, 16, refers to Lila as her best friend. She said Lila often stays at Skyla’s house overnight while Lila’s family tries to come to grips with their child identifying as transgender. “She is such a good person. They are just judging her on the outside,” Skyla said of those who have been critical of Lila. Lila wears a long brown wig, with bobby pins keeping the hair from her eyes. On Monday, her outfit included a short blue skirt and wedges. “She is choosing her life to better herself, to better accept herself,” said friend Gianna Warfel, 16. “I don’t know what there is to discriminate about that. I really support the bravery she has.” Hopkins, of the Missouri School Boards’ Association, said she is having to explain to school boards with more frequency how the federal government views treatment of transgender students. “I got no calls on this five years ago,” she said. “I’ve gotten at least half a dozen recently.” 
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#1. To: cranky, Sneaky Pete (#0)
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And this is why we aren't equal... and when you buy into that libtarded ideal, you get this mess. Pete, you support this shit, go down there and let this vile nasty faggot shit in your bathroom. We aren't "equal", we never were. We shouldn't treat people "equally"... we should treat people fairly. It's not "fair" to subject the real females to have share their bathroom with this sick twisted oddity of nature. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Pervs want special rights. Thats the problem with the LGBTASLKJJ group. They want you to be forced to give them special rights.
Taking a baseball bat to queers head would be appropriate.
Cut the faggots dick off and stuff it in his mouth.
Maybe your Christian values could allow you to mimic ISIS methods - burn the kid alive.
The maggot claims it is female. It shouldn't even have a dick. So snip it in the bathroom on lunch break. People who tolearte faggots are faggots.
“She is choosing her life to better herself, to better accept herself,” said friend Gianna Warfel, 16. “I don’t know what there is to discriminate about that. I really support the bravery she has.” "She"...."her"...."she"...enough with this bullsh*t and so-called "bravery." Somebody needs to rip this Bruce Jenner-wannbe's wig off HIS head, B-Slap HIS azz, and crack those offensive signs over the heads of EVERY ONE of HIS supporters of this freak, etal. Same ought to be done of Bruce Jenner.
Amen.
With YOUR perverted values and ZIP sense of morals and ethics? That's rich, Ethel.
Maybe you should just shut up and invite Peter over. He can sneak it out while you bend over. You're obviously one of the faggot lovers.
That could have been phrased differently.
Maybe your Christian values could allow you to mimic ISIS methods - burn the kid alive. Folks who engage in this type of ignorant rhetoric are about as "Christian" as Fred Phelps and the Westboro Church freaks. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I don't recall Jesus ever preaching that we should "cut the dicks off faggots" Is that your own interpretation of scripture? In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much HE is a girl only because he says he's a girl. Sorry, but that's not enough to gain admittance to the girls' facilities. The school -- like many other public businesses -- has a unisex bathroom. He can (and should) use that, since I don't want him in the boys' bathroom either.
Is that your own interpretation of scripture? Pebbles and Luberator are attracted to any LGBT news item like white on rice. I wonder why?
This is insane! When, where & how is this insanity going to end? Maybe take a section of California, fence it off, and put all of these freaks there? I really do not know. But if I had children in that school, I would pull them out, and either send them to a private school, or I would home school them. But I would not leave them there in a school that is administered by wimps that allow this crap!! Si vis pacem, para bellum
That's such an old, weak bullshit debate ploy. Does that mean Deckard wants to secretly be a cop? Does it mean that Hondo is a closet Bush supporter? Does it mean that Meguro had a thing for Pete... Scratch that one, don't answer. When you not have a foot to stand on, the debate loser says, a faggot hater must be a faggot lover, because they talk about faggots often. Where I come from, you have a greater chance of being a faggot, when you defend them. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Self-loathing? In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much You *would* wonder why... I noticed that you've always been an specially avid crusader of all things perverted, subverted, or morally relative. Is that a matter of lacking a moral compass, or are you just a very "tolerant" tool?
I welcome your analysis, Doctor.
Fred couldn't debate his way out of a open-ended condom.
Where I come from, you have a greater chance of being a faggot, when you defend them. Your common sense rational will be sure to hit a nerve or three.
GI, the cross dresser, is just ticked off that I didn't include him along with you and Pebbles as fixated on the LGBT news items.
Fred Mertz: Offended by those heshe/it deems "fixated on LGBT news items"? Would you like to see MORE LGBT items, Ethel? As LF's new crowned official defender and supporter the 8-80 yo Homo/Queer/Transvestites/Lesbo Brigade, The Homo-San-Meguro Brigade salutes you!
Good grief man! No one is defending "faggots". I am merely pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of some who call themselves Christians". Maybe you can tell us all where Jesus told us to "cut the dicks off" faggots. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much This is so very simple, really. Guy dresses like a girl and wants to use the girl's locker room. No. Born with a dick = dude.
Wanna play that game? Lol -- you're on. I am merely pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of some who call themselves Christians". Oh..."merely"?? Heh! You don't even know the definition of "Christian," Anarchist. But I bet you DO know the definition of "ANARCHIST." You can only troll against Law Enforcement with a broad-brush for so long before you're exposed. You can only troll FOR drugs and pro-Queer for so long before your true agenda...is BUSTED. You're an Anarchist. Just admit it (and YES, anarchy is anti-God, anti-Christian, and anti-truth.)
What Jesus said about sexual sin that carries the death penalty under God's law is this: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." What he said to the sinner spared by the fact that no adult who can cast a stone is without sexual sin was this: "I don't condemn you either. Go forth and sin no more."
I know the definition of Christian does not include someone wanting to cut the dicks off faggots. You and Stoney really are messed up if you believe that's what Jesus taught. Your line of thinking is more in line with those of the muslim faith. But I bet you DO know the definition of "ANARCHIST." You can only troll against Law Enforcement with a broad-brush for so long before you're exposed. Looks like you joined the cop groupies - the stories I post are those which point out criminal, corrupt and psychotic members of the esteemed law enforcement profession. You can only troll FOR drugs and pro-Queer for so long before your true agenda...is BUSTED. Sighs - I know that with your limited intellectual prowess this will be difficult for you to grasp, but my I am against the war on drugs for reasons that you couldn't possibly fathom. Things like freedom and liberty - I am against the militarization of police and the encroaching police state that has been put into place in part due to your failed war on drugs. But your simple mind can only think that because someone is against the war on drugs that person MUST be a druggie. Same with gays. I make a comment that contradicts your unbiblical view that faggots should have their dicks cut off, and to a simpleton like you it means I am "pro-queer". You used to be a rational poster, but quite frankly, your Fred Phelps brand of Christianity is really not my cup of tea. You're an Anarchist. Just admit it (and YES, anarchy is anti-God, anti-Christian, and anti-truth.) Yes, I suppose to someone like you, it may appear to seem that way. But once again, it's just more of the false dichotomy I have come to expect from low IQ morons like yourself. You're not for the Republicans - you must be a libturd. You don't like Trump - you want amnesty and open borders. You speak out against the war on drugs - you must be a meth-head. ...and so on and so on. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Where I come from No, it means that you're a closet Lindsey Graham supporter, aka a yukon "independent". Fire Island! No one? You can't even form a two word sentence and not be deceitful. Plenty of those that come to your defense when others slap sense into you, defend the fags. Most are commie sanders supporters. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Maybe you should get a refund on that GED you are so proud of. I find them reprehensible. Just because I don't want to cut their dicks off doesn't mean I support them. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much That has to be a MISSION IMPOSSIBLE! Wonder if they have any normal children? Si vis pacem, para bellum
I have another idea why not tell Mexico that they need to come get all the trash they shipped up here, if they don't comply then we will deport all the homos to them.
American homos? You are like Pebbles with your hair-brained thoughts.
You have no sense of humor Fred. BTW do you know of any religions in other countries that tolerate homos?? Why, are you looking to move there? Yuk yuk!
Just seeing if you were keeping up.
In this case, the complaint is has a dick = dude. [...] They objected that Perry, who has not had any gender reassignment therapy, is still biologically male, Fox News reported.
This is all going to lead to very bad hygeine at High Schools or all Gym classes being the last period of school. Because the boy named Lila should shower after gym class and ANY father with a daughter will NOT let Lila and his different genitals shower with the girls. So this demand to use girls' facilities while unisex are available is all about creating special rights. It will lead to destroying athletic programs and getting kids to gym each day. "The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”"---Isaiah 40:8
She? Fine. By these modern definitions, I guess I am a lesbian male. Can I shower with the girls too?
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
#3. To: Justified (#2)
#4. To: cranky (#0)
She said she and administrators worried about her safety.
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
#6. To: Fred Mertz (#5)
#7. To: cranky (#0)
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Lila wears a long brown wig, with bobby pins keeping the hair from her eyes. On Monday, her outfit included a short blue skirt and wedges.
#8. To: GrandIsland, sneakypete (#1)
We aren't "equal", we never were. We shouldn't treat people "equally"... we should treat people fairly. It's not "fair" to subject the real females to have share their bathroom with this sick twisted oddity of nature.
#9. To: Fred Mertz, A K A Stone (#5)
Maybe your Christian values could allow you to mimic ISIS methods - burn the kid alive.
#10. To: Fred Mertz (#5)
Maybe your Christian values could allow you to mimic ISIS methods - burn the kid alive.
#11. To: cranky (#0)
"It is fine to be different, she said, but it is not right to give Lila special treatment “while the girls just have to suck it up.”
#12. To: Fred Mertz (#5)
Cut the faggots dick off and stuff it in his mouth.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#13. To: A K A Stone (#6)
People who tolearte faggots are faggots.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#14. To: cranky (#0)
#15. To: Deckard (#13)
I don't recall Jesus ever preaching that we should "cut the dicks off faggots"
#16. To: cranky (#0)
#17. To: Fred Mertz (#15)
Pebbles and Luberator are attracted to any LGBT news item like white on rice. I wonder why?
#18. To: Fred Mertz (#15)
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Pebbles and Luberator are attracted to any LGBT news item like white on rice. I wonder why?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#19. To: Fred Mertz (#15)
(Edited)
Pebbles and Luberator are attracted to any LGBT news item like white on rice. I wonder why?
#20. To: Deckard (#18)
Self-loathing?
#21. To: GrandIsland, Fred Mertz (#17)
That's such an old, weak bullshit debate ploy.
#22. To: GrandIsland, Fred Mertz, Deckard, sneakypete, A K A Stone (#17)
When you not have a foot to stand on, the debate loser says, a faggot hater must be a faggot lover, because they talk about faggots often.
#23. To: Liberator (#21)
#24. To: Fred Mertz, Grand Island, A K A Stone (#23)
GI, the cross dresser, is just ticked off that I didn't include him along with you and Pebbles as fixated on the LGBT news items.
#25. To: GrandIsland, Luberator, Fred Mertz (#17)
Where I come from, you have a greater chance of being a faggot, when you defend them.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#26. To: cranky (#0)
#27. To: Deckard, GrandIsland (#25)
Luberator
#28. To: Deckard (#25)
#29. To: Liberator, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz (#27)
You don't even know the definition of "Christian,"
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#30. To: GrandIsland, yukon independent, Fire Island, Fred Mertz (#17)
Does it mean that Hondo is a closet Bush supporter?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#31. To: Deckard (#25)
Good grief man! No one is defending "faggots"
#32. To: GrandIsland (#31)
...defend the fags.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#33. To: cranky (#0)
" Lila’s family tries to come to grips with their child identifying as transgender. "
#34. To: Stoner (#16)
“Let me see which pig "DON'T" I want to vote for, the one with or without lipstick??" Hmmmmm...
#35. To: CZ82 (#34)
#36. To: Fred Mertz (#35)
“Let me see which pig "DON'T" I want to vote for, the one with or without lipstick??" Hmmmmm...
#37. To: CZ82 (#36)
BTW do you know of any religions in other countries that tolerate homos??
#38. To: Fred Mertz (#37)
“Let me see which pig "DON'T" I want to vote for, the one with or without lipstick??" Hmmmmm...
#39. To: Vicomte13, cranky (#26)
Born with a dick = dude.
In the middle of last school year, Lila Perry came out as transgender. Before that, she had been living as a gay male.
#40. To: cranky, Vicomte13, liberator (#0)
#41. To: nolu chan (#39)
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Before that, she had been living as a gay male.
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