Pennsylvania: Hundreds of Students Walk out of Classes in Protest at Trans Bathrooms

Students placed a sticker on the door of a new gender-neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High
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Paul Bois

Hundreds of students at a school district in Pennsylvania staged a walkout from their classes to protest a new rule allowing transgenders into bathrooms of their desired gender.

“High school students in Perkiomen Valley School District staged the protest after officials opted not to adopt a policy that would force students to use restrooms which correspond with their biological sex,” noted the Daily Mail.

The students accused the district leaders of essentially putting females at risk by forcing them to use bathrooms with men. The school district voted against a policy that would have banned transgenders from using their desired bathrooms after a father, Tim Jagger, claimed his daughter had to share a bathroom with a boy.

The policy was proposed by local father Tim Jagger, who said his daughter had become distressed after encountering a transgender student in the bathroom.

“This is about protecting our children and our privacy and boys and girls. It’s simple biology,” one mother said of the walkout.

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 23: Hundreds protest a Trump administration announcement this week that rescinds an Obama-era order allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms matching their gender identities, at the Stonewall Inn on February 23, 2017 in New York City. Activists and members of the transgender community gathered outside the historic LGTB bar to denounce the new policy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

File/ Hundreds protest an announcement that rescinds an Obama-era order allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms matching their gender identities, at the Stonewall Inn on February 23, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

“There needs to be some changes. It’s just uncomfortable seeing 19-year-old men or 18-year-old men in the bathroom,” said one student.

District Superintendent Dr. Barbara Russell said the school would not adopt the ban, saying it goes against the discrimination code, which declared transgenders a protected class.

Students have staged walkouts in Iowa and Alaska over similar policies.

“American students in Alaska and Iowa are protesting the official insistence that people can change their sex by declaring they feel like members of the opposite sex,” Breitbart News reported.  “The pro-biology rebellion reflects the deep public support for the reality that men and women, boys and girls, are equal yet different and complementary, and it follows protests at two schools in Vermont and Missouri.”

Paul Roland Bois joined Breitbart News in 2021. He also directed the award-winning feature film, EXEMPLUM, which can be viewed for FREE on YouTube or Tubi. A high-quality, ad-free stream can also be purchased on Google Play or Vimeo on Demand. Follow him on Twitter @prolandfilms or Instagram @prolandfilms.

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