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Catholic School: Washroom and Students

catholic school: The guideline recommends consulting with students and families on washroom use, using the same language as students to describe their identity and emphasizes the importance of confidentiality, according to CBC. Edmonton Catholic school bans transgender child, 7, from girls' washroom Transgender child wins use of girls washroom in Catholic school The document, which includes a link to the board's administrative procedure around inclusion, is posted online in a district newsletter published in January. The resolution comes alongside the district's release of a new document titled Supporting Students of Sexual and Gender Minorities. A confidentiality clause prevents the district and the mom, who is not being identified to protect the privacy of her daughter, now 10, from discussing details of the agreement. But she is excited and hopeful that moving forward any other child in her situation won't have to go through what our family went through. She is excited and hopeful that moving forward any other child in her situation won't have to go through what our family went through'- Mom of transgender girl I'm extremely happy that this matter is now concluded and both my daughter and I can move forward with our lives, she said in an interview with a CBC News, explaining her daughter still fears she'll be forced to use a gender-neutral washroom again. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.