Cenk Uygur
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Bigots At High School Protest Transgender Student
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September 7, 2015
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5:25Now PlayingOne hundred and fifty students walked out of Hillsboro High School in Missouri in protest of a transgender teen who was denied access to the girls restroom. She was offered a gender neutral bathroom, but did not accept it. She has identified as a woman since she was 13 and believes she should use the girls restroom. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“A transgender high school student in Missouri is facing backlash from her peers after requesting to use the girls’ bathrooms and locker room.
More than 100 students at Hillsboro High School, about an hour south of St Louis, walked out of class on Monday in protest.
“I’m hoping this dies down,” said Lila Perry, the 17-year-old who began identifying as a girl publicly in February. “I don’t want my entire senior year to be like this.”
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