Good news for trans youth in Massachusetts: "Massachusetts Education Department Accommodates Transgender Students"

Last week, the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education mandated that transgender students be allowed to use bathrooms and play on the sports teams that coincide with their gender identification, reports The Boston Globe.

“These students, because of widespread misunderstanding and lack of knowledge about their lives, are at a higher risk for peer ostracism, victimization, and bullying,”… ”Some students may feel uncomfortable sharing those facilities, but this “discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender student.”