ORONO, Maine (AP) — A Maine court has awarded the family of a transgender boy who thinks he's a "girl" $75,000 in a settlement of her discrimination lawsuit against a school district where administrators made "he"r use a staff, not student, bathroom.
Nicole Maines won her lawsuit against the Orono school district in January before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled that the school district violated the Maine Human Rights Act. It was the first time a state high court in the U.S. concluded that a "transgender" person should use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify.
A lower court awarded her the financial settlement last week. It will go to the Maines family, the Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and Berman Simmons, a Portland law firm that represented Maines, said GLAD spokeswoman Carisa Cunningham.
The Penobscot County Superior order, dated Nov. 25, represents the conclusion of the court case that began in 2009 when the Maines family and the Maine Human Rights Commission sued the school district. The order prohibits the district from "refusing access by transgender students to school restrooms that are consistent with their gender psychosis identity."
School administrators across the country are grappling with the issue.
Nicole, now 17, is a biological male who "identified" as a girl beginning at age 2.
Nicole was using the girls' bathroom in her elementary school until the grandfather of a fifth-grade boy complained to administrators. The Orono school district determined that she should use a staff bathroom, but "her" parents said that amounted to "discrimination".
This
bill would require that a pupil be permitted to participate in
sex-segregated school programs, activities, and facilities, including
athletic teams and competitions, consistent with his or her gender
identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.
relevant text
(f) A pupil shall be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school
programs, activities, and facilities, including athletic teams and
competitions, consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective
of the gender listed on the pupil’s records.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. --
California on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain "rights" for "transgender" K-12 students in state law, requiring public
schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker
room they want.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he had
signed AB1266, which also will allow transgender students to choose
whether they want to play boys' or girls' sports. The new law gives
students the right "to participate in sex-segregated programs,
activities and facilities" based on their self-perception and regardless
of their birth gender.
Supporters said it will help "reduce"
bullying and discrimination against transgender students. It comes as
the families of transgender students have been waging local battles with
school districts across the country over what restrooms and locker
rooms their children can use, disagreements that have sometimes landed in court.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights and the ACLU of California
were among the bill's supporters. Detractors, including some Republican
lawmakers, said allowing students of one gender to use facilities
intended for the other could invade the other students' privacy.
Such
fears are "overblown", said Carlos Alcala, spokesman for the bill's
author, Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco. In general,
he said, transgender students are trying to "blend in" and are not trying
to call attention to themselves.
"They're not interested in going into bathrooms and flaunting their physiology," Alcala said.
He
also noted that the state's largest school district, Los Angeles
Unified, has had such a policy for nearly a decade and reported no
problems. San Francisco schools also have had a policy similar to the
new law, and numerous other districts signed on in support of the
legislation.
"Clearly, there are some parents who are not going to
like it," Alcala said. "We are hopeful school districts will work with
them so no students are put in an uncomfortable position."
Brown
signed the bill, which amends the state Education Code, without comment.
Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said the law "puts
California at the forefront of leadership on transgender rights."
The
Gay-Straight Alliance Network said two states, Massachusetts and
Connecticut, have statewide policies granting the same protections, but
California is the first to put them into statute and require them in all
school districts.
A Sacramento-based conservative organization
that opposed the bill said previous state law was sufficient to address
the concerns of transgender students and their families. Before Brown
signed AB1266, state law already prohibited schools from discriminating
against students based on their gender identity.
Karen England,
executive director of Capitol Resource Institute, criticized the
Legislature and governor for spreading "San Francisco values" throughout
the state.
"The answer is not to force something this radical on every single grade in California," she said.
She
said the new law does not require students to prove they have a
gender-identity issue, but rather requires school administrators to rely
on students' opinions of themselves. England also noted that there is
no accurate way to gauge the effect of such policies because no uniform
data on student or parent complaints is being collected.
"What
about the right to privacy of a junior high school girl wanting to go to
the bathroom and having some privacy, or after PE showering and having
to worry about being in the locker room with a boy?" she said.
She
predicted school districts will face lawsuits from parents of other
children who feel their rights have been violated by the new law.
Hours
after the governor's signing was announced, a conservative legal group
based in Sacramento issued a news release soliciting plaintiffs for a
future lawsuit against the law, which will take effect Jan. 1. The
Pacific Justice Institute says AB1266 has the potential to raise privacy
questions and lead to a type of reverse discrimination if it prevents
students from making a sports team "because someone from the opposite
gender took their place."
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"They didn't need to force this on every single California
school district," said Karen England, a spokeswoman for the Capitol
Resource Institute.
England said the law is too vague and provides no guidelines for implementation or to guard against abuse.
"Most Californians don't want their daughters showering or going to the restroom with boys," she said. (Reuters)
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Aroniem (Satmar) rally behind Daniel Squadron who was a key vote for toevah marriage and a lead sponsor behind the bathroom bill.
Both United States Senators from New York, Senators Chuck Schumer
and
Kirsten Gillibrand, have voiced their support for the bill, as did New
York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman who voted for it when he was in
the senate!
The Sponsor of the bill, Williamsburg State Senator Daniels Squadron recently sent out a press release urging immediate passage of this evil bill!
Daniel Squadron took over the role of sponsoring this bill after for the gay Thomas Duane retired
If every single Orthodox Jews in
Williamsburg, and the Lower East Side would have allied together and
voted for the same candidate based on "Toras Hashem" and not "kesef yane
es hakol" they very likley would have put a yorai shomiyiem in the
state senate instead of this low life. It's even possible that toevah
"marriage" never would have passed (it passed by 2 votes and based on
the inside Albany politics they "needed to pass it by 2 votes) Instead Daniel Squadron is now A?the? leading candidate for NYC public advocate! Send a message that the Torah is not for sale by voting against him this year in the primary!
We urge Every single Orthodox Jew in NY to call the state legislators to prevent the passage of this evil bill!
for the remainder of this post all those politicians who acted problematically that have a decent sized Orthodox population in
their district will be highlighted yellow, those that have a sizable
Orthodox community will be highlighted green, "orthodox"politicians are in blue.
The bill:
S195-2013: Prohibits "discrimination" based on gender identity or
expression and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression
under the hate crimes statute
24 1. The opportunity to obtain employment without discrimination because
25 of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER 26 IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, marital status, or disa-
27 bility, is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right.
This
means that Seforim Store in Flatbush, or a Pizza store in Borough Park,
or a Sheitel store in Williamsburg, will be forced to hire a man who
dresses as a woman and could not fire someone who decides to "change"
from a man to a woman.
30 (a) It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
31 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or
32 employee of any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement,
33 because of the race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation,
34 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, [or] disability or
35 marital status of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, with-
36 hold from or deny to such person any of the accommodations, advantages,
37 facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of credit, or,
38 directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post or
39 mail any written or printed communication, notice or advertisement, to
40 the effect that any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and
41 privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld from or denied
42 to any person on account of race, creed, color, national origin, sexual
43 orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, military status, sex, [or]
44 disability or marital status, or that the patronage or custom thereat of
45 any person of or purporting to be of any particular race, creed, color,
46 national origin, sexual orientation, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,
47 military status, sex or marital status, or having a disability is unwel-
48 come, objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited.
public accommodation includes locker rooms, dorm rooms, and bathrooms.
This
means that you have to allow men dressed as women into any bathroom he
chooses. Besides just the basic moral problems this is almost
guaranteed to increase rapes and pedophiles. Since woman are much less
likely to be a pedophile or to rape someone, if a man who was dressed as
a woman would enter a woman's bathroom where there are no witnesses it
would be easier to get away with the crime.
Even one of the main LGBT organizations
in NY admits that bill will lead to boys using girls bathrooms! "gender
identity" means the "gender" you feel like regardless of what sex you
are.
Furthermore even one of the most read gay blogs queerty admitted that this bill will allow boys in to girls bathrooms
The New York State Senate’s Judiciary Committee today voted down GENDA,
Sen. Tom Duane’s bill that would’ve made all public accommodations —
including restrooms, health clubs, dorm rooms, and even shelters — open
to individuals who identify as a certain gender, even if their
biological sex doesn’t match the facilities’ mandates, allowing a MTF
transgender person to use the lady’s toilet or find refuge at a
women-only domestic violence shelter. The bill was defeated by one
lawmaker in a 11-12 vote. Among those voting no: Sen. Ruben Diaz, the
proud homophobe who helped defeat the state’s gay marriage law. Diaz, who talks publicly about his two gay brothers,
was the only Democrat to vote against GENDA; Sen. George Maziarz, a
Republican, previously said he would support the bill but voted against
it.
the Conservative Party released this statement in 2010 on this bill
"If this bill is enacted, how safe will our most vulnerable be? Will
sexual predators be able to stalk victims by claiming they are allowed
to enter the restroom because they are protected by law? Proponents of
the bill say they are the ones being discriminated against, but what
about the rights of the majority of New Yorkers who expect restrooms to
accommodate their sex only?" they say.
"Many larger public places offer unisex facilities at the present
time, if this law is enacted, the cost to business could be prohibitive
and if small businesses cannot provide for unisex restrooms, trial
lawyers will ultimately put them out of business," the party's statement
continues. "The majority of people do not want the opposite sex in
their restrooms, no matter how they are dressed or feel about their
bodies. People using public restrooms have a right to privacy that
enactment of this proposal would erode."
Notice that Steven Cymbrowitz voted no even though in past years he was a sponsor
this is because Cymbrowitz just ran a very close race against a Orthodox Jew "Ben Akselrod" who ran a campaign based on Torah values where he only won by 294 votes.
This shows us that we can effect politicians votes if we vote based on the Torah!
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Proof we can defeat this bill
In 2010 this bill was defeated by 1 vote despite the fact that the democrats controled the senate because democratic senator Ruben Diaz held strong in the vote in the Judiciary Committee despite the democrat establishments pressure on him to vote for that bill. It is almost guaranteed this evil bill would have passed if it went to the whole floor. for more info about the vote
S2406-2009 Votesthe highlights here are based on the time of the vote
Philadelphia Mayor signing bill that would allow men in womans bathrooms
some selected parts of the anti basic decency bill
It shall be an unlawful public accommodations practice to
(.4) Refuse,withhold
from, or deny any person access to any separate-gender bathroom where
the person's gender identity is consistent with the gender for which
such bathroom is reserved.
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§ 16-104. Gender-Neutral Bathrooms.
(1) Definitions.
(a) Gender Identity. Shall have the meaning given in § 9-1102(1).
(b) Gender-Neutral
Bathroom. A bathroom that is designated for use by any person or
persons, regardless of Gender Identity.
(2) Gender-Neutral Bathrooms.
(a) Any
new building constructed by the City shall include Gender-Neutral
Bathrooms in number and location appropriate to the building's use.
(b) Whenever
the City renovates a building that it owns or occupies, or any portion
of a building that it owns or occupies, and such renovation includes
renovation of bathrooms, Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in number and location
appropriate to the use of the building or portion thereof so renovated
shall be established.
(1) Effectiveone year after the effective date of this Ordinance, all newforms issued by any City department, board, or commission shall not includerequests for gender-specific identification. Such formsshall include, for example, the term “Parent/Legal Guardian” instead of “Mother” or “Father.”Where
it is necessary to request the gender of a person, an option shall be
provided for that person to select the option “self-identify” for the
person's gender in addition to the options of “male” and “female.”
if you live in Philadelphia this bill would also pay out millions in new "benefits" to gays out of your hard earned tax payer money.
article on the law from a gay rights blog
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter today signed into law the most
extensive civil rights protections and benefits for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people in the nation.“Mayor
Michael Nutter and gay rights advocates say it makes Philadelphia the
first big city in the U.S. to offer tax credits to companies that extend
the same health care coverage to LGBT employees’ life partners and
their children as they already provide to heterosexual spouses and their
children,” the Greenwich Time reports:
Councilman James Kenney sponsored the bill. He says it
also makes Philadelphia the first city to give businesses tax credits
for offering transgender-specific health benefits. Among other things, the measure also requires gender-neutral
bathrooms in city-owned buildings and revises Philadelphia’s
anti-discrimination law to include transgender people.
The bill revamps “the city’s health-care plan to ban discrimination
against non-union transgender city employees, and would instate a
Transgender Health Tax Credit that would encourage companies to offer
transgender-specific health-insurance coverage to the transgender
community,” South Florida Gay News reported last month:
City buildings would also be required to provide
gender-neutral bathrooms, and the measure would clarify what constitutes
employment discrimination in the city’s nondiscrimination law.
The bill won with a near-sweeping victory, with Councilman-at-Large
Bill Green being the only Democrat to vote against it. Republican
Councilmen-at-Large David Oh and Brian O’Neill voted against the bill.
