Federal complaints lodged against Deerfield, Chicago for accommodating trans students

Trans advocates are pushing back against a north suburban mom who says her 13-year-old daughter was forced to change in front of a transgender classmate.

The controversy at a Deerfield middle school comes at the same time a federal complaint has been lodged against Chicago Public Schools and the state board of education for allegedly “forcing students” to share bathrooms and locker rooms with transgender classmates.

Nicole Georgas told Deerfield School District 109 board members at a meeting last week that officials at Shepard Middle School were “allowing biological males to access girls’ locker rooms.” She said the practice “sets a dangerous precedent” and runs afoul of a February executive order signed by President Donald Trump.

“This nightmare began on Feb. 5 when my daughter was using the girls’ bathroom and was stunned that a biological male student was using it as well,” Georgas told the school board last week.

But the school district denies that any student was forced to change in front of anyone else.

“All students in the middle schools have multiple options to change in a private location if they wish,” officials said in a statement.

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