Bucks County school district approves separate bathrooms for transgender, non-binary students

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Bucks County school district approves separate bathrooms for transgender, non-binary students
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The board of the Pennridge School District has voted to provide students with bathroom facilities no matter the gender they identify with.

On Monday night, the Pennridge School District, by a vote of 5-to-4, voted to provide separate bathroom facilities to enable students to use facilities for the gender they identify withAfter a heated meeting with the community on Monday night, the board of the Pennridge School District has voted to approve a policy that will provide students -- no matter their gender identity -- with bathrooms that can accommodate them.

The bathrooms will be labeled as: faculty use, bathrooms for biological males, bathrooms for biological females, bathrooms for those who identify as male as well as bathrooms for those who identify as female.In a meeting on Monday night, a graduate of the district, who said they identify as non-binary, argued the change was needed to permit others like them from being harassed at school.

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