I have just a few moments to post right now, but I wanted to add my two cents to this story. As part of my credo of treating everyone with the respect they deserve because they belong to the human race, I say the school should recognize Nicole as a female and allow her to participate in all the female things she wishes to participate in...specifically using the girls' bathroom in this case.
A small caveat here: consistency needs to be the word of the day. I understand there exist certain unscrupulous persons who would use the gender identity tag to manipulate the rules such as in the forum of sports. A person born with male genitals might wish to say he is female in order to gain access to the women's baseball (or softball) team for the express purpose of winning more games. This person would then change his mind during football season in order to play as a man on the football team. This type of behavior undermines the very nature of those people who truly feel trapped in the body of the opposite gender.
As with all unethical behavior, it should be strongly discouraged, and considered a crime if we can get that into law somehow. It is not enough to pass a law, though; the enforcement of the law is often more difficult to pass than the law itself.
Sigh.
Until the entire world can live side-by-side, allowing differences and even encouraging differences...that is how I understand it.
Laura
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