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Parent files suit after teen daughter ‘severely beaten’
by trans student in Oklahoma
By Olivia Land, NYPost
June 1, 2023 8:30am Updated
An Oklahoma teen girl was “severely beaten” by a trans student in a school bathroom, prompting the injured pupil’s parent to file a lawsuit against the district for not enforcing a state law that restricts restroom use for transgender people.
The lawsuit filed last Thursday by Theresa Gooden alleges that her 15-year-old daughter — identified as “E.G.” — was “attacked and severely beaten” in the girls’ restroom at Edmond Memorial High School by a 17-year-old transgender woman on Oct. 26, 2022.
The document, which was obtained by The Post, notes that the accused attacker was assigned male at birth, and was using the women’s bathroom despite a state law signed in May 2022 that requires public school students to use restrooms matching the sex on their birth certificates.
Trans students who decline to follow the policy must use “a single-occupancy restroom or changing room.’”
Superintendent Dr. Angela Grunewald confirmed that the accused attacker was no longer enrolled at Edmond Memorial.
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The alleged attacker was removed from the school by police on Oct. 21 after threatening E.G., the lawsuit states.
The school district said in a statement in December that it did not know the student was assigned male at birth because they only started attending Edmond Memorial days before the incident, FOX25 reported.
The student’s parents enrolled them as a woman without a birth certificate, which is not required to begin high school, the statement continued.
The controversial bathroom policy was signed into law in May 2022.
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The lawsuit, however, accuses Edmond Memorial of allowing the trans student to continue using the women’s bathroom even after E.G. told assistant principal Maryjel Cochrane about their gender identity.
Gooden alleges that the subsequent bathroom beatdown left her daughter with “severe physical and mental injuries, severe physical and mental pain and suffering, and severe emotional distress.”
The plaintiff is seeking a jury trial.
The law states that students must use the bathroom for their assigned sex.
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It was previously reported that multiple people were involved in the Oct. 26 fight. Gooden’s lawsuit does not mention any other victims.
In a video message sent to parents two months after the incident, Superintendent Dr. Angela Grunewald confirmed that the accused attacker was no longer enrolled at Edmond Memorial.
Grunewald also acknowledged that the state bathroom policy was violated during the alleged fight, and said that “consequences were given for [the violation].”
So, what? Guys went in to protect the girls from the trans? If that's so, they should be rewarded not punished.
The school is accused of violating state law when it allowed the alleged attacker to use the women’s restroom.
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“We take our policies seriously, and we expect students to follow them,” she said.
Edmond Public Schools did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for a comment on the lawsuit.
Obviously, Oklahoma, and probably all other states, need a law whereby parents must declare that their children are transgendered when they are registered at the school, or when they transition.
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