US teenagers rally against a transgender student for using girls’ toilet

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US teenagers rally against a transgender student for using girls’ toilet

Students in a Missouri high school staged a protest on Monday, August 31 against the school granting the request of a transgender student to use the girls’ bathroom and locker room. More than 100 students at Hillsboro High School walked out of class on Monday in protest. Lila Perry, a 17-year-old transgender student, was granted permission by the school to use the girls’ bathroom and locker room. But some parents and students protested the decision. Perry, who dropped out of the physical education class that prompted her use of the girls’ locker room, said she is concerned for her safety and hoped her senior year would not be about this issue.

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