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December 18, 2018

West Virginia Transgender Student Says He Was Bullied by High School Administrator
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In West Virginia, a high school administrator is under fire for
allegedly bullying a transgender student who used the boys' bathroom.
Fifteen-year-old sophomore Michael Critchfield, who identifies as male,
says he was cornered in an otherwise empty boys' bathroom at Liberty
High School by Assistant Principal Lee Livengood, who challenged him to
use a urinal to prove that he was a boy, before saying, "Not going to
lie. You freak me out." The superintendent of Harrison County Schools
has said Livengood acted "inappropriately" and "was insensitive" during
the encounter. The ACLU warns that over 50 percent of trans male teens
attempt suicide during their teenage years.


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