Oklahoma mother files lawsuit against school district after her teenage daughter, 15, was ‘severely beaten’ by a transgender student, 17, in the girls’ bathroom
- Theresa Gooden claims that her daughter was attacked at Edmond Memorial High School in October last year
- She claims that the school failed to enforce a state law, which requires all students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender at birth
- The attack left the teenager with ‘severe physical and mental pain and suffering, and emotional distress’
A mother is suing her daughter’s school district after she was ‘severely beaten’ by a transgender classmate last year.
Theresa Gooden claims that her 15-year-old daughter was attacked in the girls’ bathroom at Edmond Memorial High School in Oklahoma, on October 26.
She claims that the school failed to enforce a state law, which requires all students to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender at birth.
The law was signed into legislation in May 2022, which required public school pupils to use restrooms according to the sex on their birth certificate.
Under the ruling transgender students who refused to follow the policy have to use a ‘single-occupancy restroom or changing room’.
Theresa Gooden claims that her 15-year-old daughter was attacked in the girl’s bathroom at Edmond Memorial High School in Oklahoma on October 26
Gooden claims that as a result of the law not being followed, her daughter – referred to as E.G. – suffered ‘severe physical and mental injuries, severe physical and mental pain and suffering, and severe emotional distress.’
The lawsuit states that the alleged attacker, who was born male, was removed from the school by police after threatening the teenage girl with a weapon on October 21.
Gooden is seeking an amount in excess of $75,000 in damages from the district as well as payment of her costs.
The suit also states that the transgender student ‘confided’ in her daughter that ‘he was in fact a male student that identified as a female’.
E.G. claims that she informed the assistant principal Maryjel Cochrane of the conversation, but court documents claim nothing was done.
The lawsuit states that the district was aware that the student was transgender at the time of the attack in October but had done nothing about it.
In a statement eth school previously said that the pupil was enrolled as a female in the school, as parents are not required to present birth certificates when starting.
