WITH THE GUIDELINES WHICH MEANS
ALIENS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL
SCHOOL FUNDING COULD BE LOST.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SOUTH
FLORIDA ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY
THE NEW GUIDELINES.
SOME SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW
GUIDELINES REGARDING
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS.
I'M THERE TO DUBAI BUSINESS.
GIVEN IN GET OUT.
Reporter: SHE IS A SENIOR AT
TERRA BELLA HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS TRANSITIONING FROM FEMALE
TO MALE.
HE KNOWS FIRSTHAND THE BATHROOM
ISSUES CAN BE TRICKY.
I HAVE BEEN TO THE MEN'S
BATHROOM AT MY SCHOOL.
IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE
LOOKS I GET.
I USUALLY DON'T GO AT ALL OR I
WILL USE THE GENDER-NEUTRAL
BATHROOMS WE HAVE.
Reporter: DESPITE THAT,
DOMINIC FEELS LUCKY THAT
OVERALL LIFE AS A TRANSIT TEEN
IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAS BEEN GOOD
MY SCHOOL HAPPENS TO BE VERY
ACCEPTING MOST KIDS DON'T LOOK
TWICE.
Reporter: IT'S NOT LIKE THAT
EVERYWHERE.
THE FEDS PASSED DOWN GUIDELINES
TO SCHOOLS REGARDING
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS.
IN PART, TELLING SCHOOLS,
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS MUST BE
ALLOWED TO USE BATHROOMS THAT
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR
IDENTITY.
TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY.
Reporter: THE BROWARD SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT SAID THE
DISTRICT IS WAY AHEAD ON THIS
ISSUE, WORKING CLOSELY WITH
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS TO COME UP WITH A
WORKABLE PLAN.
MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING, OUR POLICY
WAS REVISED FIVE YEARS AGO TO
INCLUDED GENDER IDENTITY.
WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW
THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED, VALUED
AND RESPECTED.
Reporter: THE ISSUE
RESURFACED AFTER NORTH CAROLINA
PASSED A LAW REQUIRING
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO USE THE
BATHROOM THAT CORRESPONDS WITH
THE SEXLESS IT ON THEIR BIRTH
CERTIFICATE.
I THINK THAT WOMEN WOULD
PROBABLY WONDER WHY I WAS IN
THERE.
Reporter: SHE TRANSITIONED A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
HE SAID ONE POSITIVE FROM ALL
THIS IS PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A.
TRANSGENDER HAS BEEN AROUND
FOREVER.
WE ARE FINALLY RECOGNIZING THAT
WE EXIST AND THAT WE ARE HERE
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
Reporter: SOFTWARE TO
SCHOOLS SAY THEY ARE LEADERS IN
LGBT ISSUES.
BROWARD SCHOOLS PLAN TO WORK ON
MORE WAYS TO WORK WITH THE
