Furious Colorado parents claim their 11-year-old daughter was made to sleep in a bed with a biological boy who identified as TRANSGENDER child on overnight school trip
- The girl only found out about her bedmate's transgender identity when they told her in their hotel room
- The school board's policy is that “under no circumstances” will a transgender student be required to share a room with students of their original gender.
- But angry parents are demanding the right to know the gender of their children's bedmates
An 11-year-old Colorado girl called her mother in a panic from a hotel bathroom after discovering that the girl she was supposed to be sleeping with on a school trip was actually a biological male.
No one had told the girl, the mother or any other parent at Governor's Ranch Elementary School because the transgender student was in “stealth mode” and their sexual identity was protected by school board policy.
Mother Serena Wailes said her daughter had to repeatedly ask for another room, then was told to lie about the reason for her departure to protect her bedmate's privacy.
The Littleton family is now demanding that the school board ensure that parents are informed in advance of the gender of the people their children have to share a bed with.
“Her bedmate told her he was a boy who identified as transgender,” Wailes told Fox31.
The daughter of parents Joe and Serena Wailes had to sleep in bed with a biological boy during a field trip to Governor's Ranch Elementary School
“She actually got along really well with the other student, but was just uncomfortable with the idea of being in bed with a biological boy,” Serena said.
“She was terrified and very angry about the idea of sleeping with a biological boy, even though she had a good relationship with this other student.”
Jefferson County Public Schools (Jeffco) rules emphasize that “under no circumstances” should a transgender student be required to share a room with children “whose gender identity conflicts with their own.”
But the case has been taken up by attorneys with the Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF), who want parents to be given the choice to opt out if roommates are chosen based on gender identity rather than biological sex.
“Schools should never hide information from parents, but that is exactly what JCPS officials have done to her,” said Kate Anderson, ADF senior advisor.
“Every parent should have the information they need to make the best decision for their children.”
Wailes accompanied her daughter on the trip to the nation's capital in June and was repeatedly assured that the boys' rooms would be on a different floor from the girls' and that permission would be required to travel between them.
But she demanded an escort in the hotel lobby after receiving the whispered call from her daughter.
“The school counselor asked the Waileses' daughter if they could just move her to another bed instead of another room,” the ADF reported in a letter to Jeffco Superintendent Tracy Dorman.
Although she still felt uncomfortable with this arrangement, she agreed to try it for one night.
Jeffco officials then decided to lie to her roommates and instructed the Waileses' daughter to do the same, telling her to switch beds to be closer to the air conditioning.
'It then took the girl and her parents several requests to have her moved to another room.
“And even then, counselors told the girl to lie about the reason for her move because of the district's lodging policy — a policy that violates parental rights and student privacy by housing students based on gender identity, while that information remains hidden from other parents and students. .'
The Littleton family is now demanding that the school (pictured) tell parents in advance which gender the children will share their bed with
The ADF has written to JCPS Chief Inspector Tracy Dorman claiming the policy breaches parental rights and is unconstitutional
The ADF claims that the other girls in the room were unaware of the biological man in their room, and were instructed to keep quiet about it when they found out.
Jeffco's policy on transgender room accommodation states that, when it comes to sleeping accommodations, a transgender student's needs will be assessed on a case-by-case basis with the goal of maximizing the student's social integration, providing equal opportunity and minimizing stigma. of the student'.
“In most cases, students who are transgender should be instructed to share overnight accommodations with other students who share the student's gender identity consistently asserted at school,” it adds.
“Any alternative arrangements must be made in such a way that the student's transgender status remains confidential.”
Dailymail.com has contacted Jeffco for comment.