A young transgender man, Stiles Zuschlag, has revealed that he was told that he was no longer welcome at the school he had been attending since kindergarten due to his gender identity.
Stiles told his local media that despite having an excellent academic record he was informed by the staff at Tri-City Christian Academy in Somersworth, New Hampshire, told him that he was no longer welcome at the school.
Stiles and his mother, who met with the school to discuss his transition, have reported that the school administrator Paul Edgar told the two of them that Stiles was 'going down the wrong path', that he should confess his sins, renounce that he is male, and cease testosterone treatment. He was told that he should consider homeschooling instead, or even Christian counselling.
Paul Edgar and Tri-City Christian Academy have declined to comment on the matter to the press, citing student privacy as the reason for not doing so.
'To protect the privacy of our families, TCCA admissions decisions and any reasons for these various decisions, are not considered matters for public disclosure. Therefore, we have no comment.'
Due to Tri-City Christian Academy being a private school, and not receiving the federal funding that requires private schools to adhere to non-discriminatory policies no laws have been broken. Sadly, Tri-City Christian Academy, and other private religious schools, are free to torment students and discriminate against them in this way without any repercussions.
Stiles has transferred to Noble High School in North Berwick, where he has been nominated for 'Prince of Homecoming'.
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