Teen
sues school for
proposing trans students wear green wristbands
Yet a**ther transgender student is suing for the right to use the restroom of their choice at school, but this time, according to a lawsuit filed this week, a Wisconsin
school is going so far as to propose transgender
students wear green wristbands to better restrict bathroom use.*
Ash Whitaker, a 16-year-old transgender boy in Ke**sha, Wisconsin, is suing
school officials at Ke**sha Unified
school District for allegedly planning to make him and other transgender
students wear the bright
green identification wristband.
"Branding transgender
students in this way would single them out for additional scrutiny, stigma, and potentially harassment or violence, and violate their privacy by revealing their transgender status to others," the lawsuit, filed in federal court, states.*
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