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Parents, former students urge Grand Rapids board to investigate bathroom incident and protect transgender students
Summary
During public comment at a Grand Rapids Area Schools board meeting, multiple speakers described a recent bathroom incident involving a transgender student and urged the district to investigate and to take steps to protect queer and trans students from bullying.
Multiple community members used the public-comment period at a Grand Rapids Area Schools board meeting to press the district to investigate a recent bathroom incident and to take further steps to protect transgender students.
Speakers described social-media criticism, allegations that someone photographed the student in a restroom, and what they characterized as community members treating a transgender student as a threat rather than a young person. Elton Rogala, who identified himself as a 2019 Grand Rapids High School graduate and a trans man, told the board, “Trans children have a right to…
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