Students Staged A Massive Walkout After Their High School Banned A Trans Girl From The Girls' Locker Room
Discussing things like gender identity or gender expression has always been hard to do, and it's been full of controversy. The discussions that we have going on are doing a great job at shedding more light on this issue, and it gives us hope that we'll soon see some positive changes implemented in the future.
It seems like it's happening in Temple, Texas where there was a huge walkout organized by the students of the Temple High School. The reason for the walkout was the fact that one of the students there was banned from the girls' locker room because the student was transgender.
All of this happened to Kendall Tinoco, a 16-year-old Temple High School student. In a post on Instagram, she revealed that one of her teachers wouldn't let her into the girls' locker room because it's for "actual girls".
When this first happened she just let it slide thinking that the teacher was transphobic, but she couldn't look past it when it happened again with the same teacher who wanted her to change in a closet with a male dancer.
Kendall didn't get much help from the school's administration about this issue which left her outraged so she shared her story with the entire world. The other students of Temple High School were angry as well, and they organized a peaceful protest to support Kendall.
The students of Temple High School got together and organized a protest in support of their transgender classmate who was banned from the women's locker room
johnny_salami17This is Kendall Tinoco, the 16-year-old transgender student who was discriminated by a teacher
25 News KXXVJust one week after Kendall shared her situation with the internet, the students showed their love and support for their classmate
25 News KXXVThe students made banners and brought flags to show support
KCENNewsThe protesters walked out of their classrooms and went to the corridors to show their support not only for Kendall, but all transgender people.
25 News KXXVYou can check out this video recorded by a student showing the protest
Kendall was outraged by her situation and she went on her Instagram to share the story with everyone
kennlifeeShe wasn't just mad at the teacher who told her she can't use the girls' locker room, she was mad about the schools administration not doing anything about it
kennlifeeAll students are equal, according to Temple High School
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People online had plenty to say about this whole situation, and here are some of the comments
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We have to use our voice to fight for our rights
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The students received plenty of support from people
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There's good people everywhere
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It's all in the hands of Gen Z
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Young people are the future
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Not everyone had the same opinion on this matter
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Either way, a solution must be found.
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As is always the case when it comes to gender identity discussions, people have wildly different opinions. Regardless of your opinion on gender identity, I think we can all agree that this isn't the right way to treat a 16-year-old or any other person for that matter.
A solution must be found and that's society's responsibility.
