Philadelphia Students Suing after Being Forced to Change in a Locker Room in Front of a Transgender Student

 Civil rights lawyers in Philadelphia have just filed a first of its kind lawsuit in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.



A high school student is suing a Pennsylvania school district after claiming “he was exposed involuntarily” to a transgender student while changing in the school’s locker room.



The Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit organization that “advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith,” said in a statement that the student and his parents are suing Boyertown Area School District for sexual harassment and violation of his personal privacy.



The group said the school district didn’t give any notice to students or parents that they would allow students to use restrooms or locker rooms of the gender they identify with.



“My client is standing up not only for himself but for others who feel bullied,” said Attorney Randall Wenger, with the Independence Law Center.



The student claims he was standing in his underwear about to put his gym clothes on when he noticed a transgender student in the locker room who was undressing.



That student was a girl, but identifies as a boy.



“It’s an egregious violation for the school to just brush off these students and tell them that their feelings don’t matter and to make it ‘as natural as they possibly can’,” added Wenger.