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Crossdressing Teen Suspended from School

Trumbull, CT -September 11, 1997

A MALE STUDENT WAS SUSPENDED from Trumbull High School for 2 days last week for using the girls' bathroom. The unnamed young man, who regularly wears miniskirts, makeup, and a feminine hairstyle, describes himself as a crossdresser. His suspension mirrors a similar incident in Vermont last year when another young man, Matthew Stickney, was suspended from school for wearing a dress to class.

"It's a little strange to see a boy in the girls' room," said one girl at Trumbull High last week, "but what's the difference? It doesnąt really bother me."

Trumbull High's administration maintains a surprisingly tolerant stance on the matter. Principal Robert McCarthy has turned aside complaints from several parents about the youth's dress and behavior saying that the school does not have legal authority to impose stringent dress codes. "We are fairly liberal when it comes to a dress code," he said. "But we don't allow young ladies in the men's room or men in the ladies' room for any reason." A principal in Trumbull for 31 years, McCarthy said things have changed from the days when a female teacher wearing pants was sent home for violating the school dress code.

---via In Your Face News Service

Lavender Law Meeting Includes TG Session

The Lavender Law Conference to be held in West Hollywood, CA, October 23-25 will included a session on transgender law. Participants are scheduled to include Shannon Minter, Joanna McNamara, Spencer Bergstedt, Taylor Flynn, Bridget Wilson, Melinda Whiteway,Jamison Green, Yosenio Lewis, Spencer Bergstedt, Mike Hernandez, Akilah Monifa and many others.

For information contact Lynn Lemay at 213-654-7449.

-- via Phyllis Frye

Stopping Hate Crimes in California

Have you been the target of a hate crime because of how you express your gender?

Are you afraid of being bashed for how you express your gender?

Do you care about hate crimes against gender-variant people?

Do transgender lives matter to you?

LIFE Lobby and the Los Angeles County Transgender Task Force invite you to a meeting to discuss how we can start working toward getting California State legal protection against hate crimes that target transgender and gender-variant people. We need your input and your dedication to make a difference in transgendered people's lives. Unless we have strong community support, we cannot make this happen.

When: Saturday, October 11, 1997, 1-4 p.m.

Where: AIDS Project Los Angeles, Studio 1B

Why: Because we won't stand for being bashed any longer!!!!!!! Because our lives and bodies and minds and spirits matter!!!!!!!

APLA is located at 1313 N. Vine St., at the corner of Vine & Fountain in Hollywood. There is free parking in the back of the APLA building; enter the parking lot from Fountain Ave.

For more information, please contact Jacob Hale at 213-665-1130 or


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