Complaint filed in transgender child's case

Coy Mathis barred from using girls' restroom

Author: By CNN Staff
Published On: Feb 27 2013 10:21:25 AM PST   Updated On: Feb 27 2013 10:50:06 AM PST
Coy Mathis
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A civil rights complaint is being filed on behalf of a transgendered child barred by her Colorado school district from using girls' restrooms, an advocacy group said Wednesday.

The complaint to a Colorado civil rights agency, on behalf of 6-year-old Coy Mathis, will be the first to challenge a restriction on a transgender person's bathroom use under Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund told reporters in Denver.

First-grader Coy, who was born with male sex organs but identifies herself as female, had been allowed to use her school's girls' bathrooms until school officials barred her from doing so after winter break, her family says.

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