School district implements birth-sex bathroom policy after student walkout, parent complaint

After some school board members learned their district allowed transgender students to use bathrooms aligned with their “gender identity,” the board then voted to restrict use of “multi-user” bathrooms to students’ (birth) sex.

The Perkiomen Valley School Board decision followed a parent’s complaint that his daughter was “distressed” about a boy using the girls’ bathroom, and a massive student walkout against the previous policy.

Students at the walkout protest carried signs reading “Respect girls’ rights” and “Stay in your bathroom,” The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Perkiomen Valley administrators claimed transgender students had been using restrooms of their choice “without incident.” But certain board members and many parents were outraged that they weren’t even aware of the old policy.