{"id":1106495,"date":"2021-12-10T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106495"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:28:55","slug":"mother-sues-school-for-refusing-to-allow-7th-grade-trans-daughter-to-play-boys-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-sues-school-for-refusing-to-allow-7th-grade-trans-daughter-to-play-boys-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Sues School for Refusing to Allow 7th Grade Trans Daughter to Play Boys&#039; Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-sues-school-for-refusing-to-allow-7th-grade-trans-daughter-to-play-boys-soccer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1052957468-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A girl who is living as a boy with the support of her mother is at the center of a lawsuit against the Martinsville school in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>The suit claims that the child is being mistreated because she is not allowed to use the boys\u2019 restrooms and play on the boys soccer team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The mother of the girl, who is referred to the suit as A.C. because she is a minor, is a seventh-grader at John R. Wooden Middle School and is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The student also claims she has been \u201cmisgendered\u201d \u2014 or called a girl instead of by her male \u201cgender identity,\u201d according to an<em> Indianapolis Star<\/em> report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lawsuit-indiana-school-wont-let-195252799.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\">quoting<\/a>&nbsp;the lawsuit by saying that the school was \u201cunfairly denying a transgender student access to the boys\u2019 bathroom, not letting him participate in boys\u2019 sports and refusing to call him by male pronouns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe feels that he is being singled out and that he is not accepted for who he is,\u201d the complaint says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The<em> Star<\/em> reported on similar cases in other states that have ruled in favor of the minors who want to live as their opposite sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis seems to be an area where the law is crystal clear but schools are refusing to follow the law,\u201d Kenneth Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana, said in the <em>Star<\/em> report.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, the lawsuit filed in federal court last week is claiming the federal Title IX statute protects the child from discrimination based on sex \u2014 in this case, discrimination against someone not because of biological sex but for \u201cgender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Star<\/em> reported on the girl\u2019s plight:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"24\">\n<p>According to court documents, the student is a patient at the Gender Health Program at Riley at IU Health in Indianapolis where he is receiving care and treatment for gender dysphoria. He\u2019s on medication to prevent him from having periods and, when medically appropriate, he will start masculinizing hormones.<\/p>\n<p>The student has been presenting as a boy since the fifth grade. His mother has petitioned a Morgan County state court for a legal name and gender marker change so that his birth certificate can be amended to reflect his male gender and the name he uses. It\u2019s still pending, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The suit is requesting that the court require the school to treat A.C. as \u201ca boy in all respects, allowing him to use male restrooms and other facilities,\u201d to refer to him as male, with matching pronouns and let him play on the boys\u2019 soccer team next fall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A girl who is living as a boy with the support of her mother is at the center of a lawsuit against the Martinsville school in Indiana. 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