Parents are suing the school board of Bethel, Ohio over a transgender policy saying children can use that which corresponds with their gender identity. The parents argue that the policy violates Title IX, Constitutional rights, parental rights, and Ohio state law. They say their children experience “anxiety and emotional distress,” when they need to use the bathroom, trying to “hold their urine and avoid using the restroom at school if at all possible.”
From The Daily Wire:
The bathroom policy “blindsided” parents after it was implemented secretly, violating Ohio’s Open Meetings Act, the parents claim. A district faculty member proposed the new bathroom policy at a school board meeting in September of last year, and the change was adopted in January with no public discussion, according to the lawsuit. “The Board’s actions keep the community in the dark regarding its new rules and policies for intimate facilities by refusing to answer basic questions parents need to know to make decisions about their child’s education,” reads the lawsuit. “The parental right to direct the education, safety, and upbringing of their children is the oldest fundamental right recognized by the Supreme Court. And the Board’s actions deny these parents the same.”
