administration has reversed an
Obama
Administration policy allowing
transgender public school
students' to use restrooms of
their gender identity.
There is a LGBTQ community
around Youngstown -- some of
whom are active
and vocal. And today they were
critical of what the President
is proposing.
27 First News reporter Lindsey
Watson spoke with some of them.
Lindsey's live in the studio
with our top story at 10.
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Critics of the rule said... it
was government overreach...
which
threatened other students'
privacy... and safety.
But it's become a whole new
battle as President Trump has
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DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS
WOULD BE BETTER
TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH
TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS AND
WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE
TRANSGENDER- INSTEAD OF
PROMOTING FEAR AND IGNORANCE.-
rob
Last May, former President
Barrack Obama's justice... and
education
departments instructed public
schools to allow transgender
students to use whichever
bathroom corresponded to their
gender identity.
ITS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK
ABOUT IT... AND NOT JUST
PUSH IT TO THE SIDE AND PRETEND
IT doesn't EXSIST.-kage
SPICER- STATESMAN QUOTE The
guidance was based on the former
administrations interpretation
of Title 11... the federal law
that prohibits sex
discrimination in education. I
WOULD HOPE THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE
MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE'S NO THREAT THERE. AND
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS...
PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL BECAUSE
THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY
INFORMED.-DAVIS However, White
House press secretary
Sean Spicer said those
guidelines were confusing and
too difficult to implement.
FIRST OF ALL, LET'S REMEMBER, TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE - THAT
WAS STALLED, NEVER FULLY
IMPLEMENTED. AND I THINK THERE
WERE VARIOUS REASONS FOR THAT -
SEVERAL LEGAL REASONS
AND SEVERAL PROCEDURAL REASONS.
-spicer
During his presidential
campaign, President Trump said
transgender students
should be allowed to use
whichever bathroom "they feel is
appropriate". But he
reversed his stance after facing
Republican criticism.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN
DO IS EDUCATE
OURSELVES AND PROMOTE THE
EDUCATION OF LGBTQ AND AND
MINORITY IN GENERAL ISSUES,
ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUNGSTOWN
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In a letter written to Public
Schools this evening... the
Trump administration says
there must be "due regard" for
the role of states... and local
school districts in
shaping education policy in
schools... But doesn't offer any
new guidance other than
that. Reporting live in the
studio, Lindsey
Watson 27 first news at 10.
