Sexual Assault!

Okay what would you call when someone breaks into the stall you are going the bathroom in and video you? I would call it a sexual assault.

Transgender teen posts video of school staff opening bathroom stall on her
CBS News
By Caitlin O'Kane
November 30, 2018

A transgender teen from Minnesota posted a video on Facebook showing school staff confronting her while she is in a stall of a high school bathroom.

The video shows the teen sitting on the toilet when a member of the Osseo Senior High School staff unhinges the lock of the bathroom stall using a long ruler. "I'm using the bathroom right now and they just violated me," the student says from the stall.

Several staff members can be seen standing in the girl's bathroom.

In another video, the teen confronts the staff members in the hallway, calling several of them out by name. "This is the dude that violated me," she said, pointing at a man in front of her.

In the Facebook caption, the teen said she was violated by the principal, administrators and hall monitors. She wrote that she cannot use the girl's bathroom because she is transgender and she wanted people to share the post to make it go viral. The videos have nearly 800,000 views combined.

The school said…

The full statement was posed on the school district's website. It says staff only intervenes in the restrooms in limited situations, including when there's a concern about safety, health-related issues, or suspected illegal activity.

Um… what was the safety, health, or illegal concerns? She was just going to bathroom.

According to OutFront Minnesota,

What Minnesota ProtectsIn 1993, the Minnesota Legislature amended the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) to prohibit many forms of discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation.” The broad definition of “sexual orientation” in MHRA made it the nation’s first state civil rights law to protect transgender individuals from discrimination.

Defining “Sexual Orientation”“Sexual orientation” is defined as “having or being perceived as having an emotional, physical, or sexual attachment to another person without regard to the sex of that person or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment, or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated with one’s biological maleness or femaleness. “Sexual orientation” does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult.”

And…

Discrimination Prohibited under MN Law

• Employment, including labor union membership
• Real property (housing)
• Public accommodations (such as theaters or restaurants)
• Public services (those provided by government)
• Education, including private, secular schools
• Credit
• Business contracting

So it would seem that under Minnesota law she has the right to use the bathroom of her gender identity.

What did the school system have to say about the invasion of privacy (You can read their statement here)?

CBS Minnesota reports a spokesperson for Osseo Schools also released a statement regarding the videos. "Social media posts are significantly misrepresenting the incident and that staff works very hard every day to help ensure an inclusive school where all students feel welcome, respected and safe," the statement said. The spokesperson also said further details could not be shared due to "the student's right to data privacy."

So in an Orwellian twisted the school system cannot comment on a breach of privacy because of privacy concerns.

I hope her family is contacting a lawyer.