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ANCR: A transgender rights group has announced that they have filed an official complaint with a school district in Ontario for discrimination against a first-grader who identifies as a girl even though she was born a boy. CTV’s Madeline Smith has the story.

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RPTR: The Lambton Kent School District had allowed first-grader,

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Coy Mathis, to use the girls’ bathroom for months.

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Then one day during winter break, her mother received a call saying her child could no longer use the girls’ restrooms, but instead could use the boys’, faculty, or nurse’s facilities.

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The district claims they had the other students and the parents in mind when making this decision, as well as “the future impact a boy with male genitals using a girls’ bathroom would have as Coy [grows] older.”

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Transgender, or gender identity disorder, is when a person’s physical sex does not match up with the gender they identify as.

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The Canadian Psychological Association reports that many transgender adults say they have felt “discomfort with their gender as early as they can remember,” and, “some children as young as age 3 show early signs of gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder.” Coy’s attorney, Michael Silverman, is a part of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, says they have filed their complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. He says the complaint will be a “test of Ontario’s Anti-Discrimination laws.”

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SILVERMAN: For many transgender people, discrimination is a daily part of life. Unfortunately for Coy, it has started very early. RPTR: This case will be the first to challenge a restroom restriction under Ontario’s anti-discrimination act.

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SILVERMAN: The world is going to be looking at the school. [This can] send a message to the world and teach tolerance, fair play and equal rights. RPTR: Silverman also says that this complaint is meant to have a wideimpact beyond the effects on the district and the Mathis family. For CTV News, I’m Madeline Smith, back to you....