A baptist nursing school in CA expelled a student once they found out she was transgendered. Domaine Javier reportedly falsely filled out on her application that she was female and as a result has engaged in "fraud and/or concealing identity."
So are administrators insisting/truly believing that because she is transgendered she lacks the capacity to learn?
Javier believes she didn't do anything wrong (and rightly so) and says she sees herself as a female.
It's possible the school would never have known about her identity if she wasn't on the MTV show, True Life. The title of the program was entitled, "I'm Passing as Someone I'm Not" in an effort to raise awareness on transgender issue.
California law prohibits employment, housing, government, insurance and other types of discrimination based upon gender identity. HOWEVER, private universities don't fall under this legislation!
This is not only disappointing, but also tremendously sad. No one should be deprived of an education.
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