FORT COLLINS, Colo.—A transgender student at Fort Collins High School is transferring to another school after administrators raised questions over her use of a restroom.
Dionne Malikowski says she should have the same rights as any student to use the bathroom of her choice. Malikowski was born male and now identifies as a female.
According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan ( ), the 16-year-old high school junior says she was suspended about a month ago for violating the policy by using a girls’ restroom instead of a staff facility.
Poudre School District Board of Education President Nancy Tellez says the staff bathrooms provide an equal opportunity for transgender students to use any of the seven staff bathrooms spread throughout the school.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan,
