Albuquerque Public Schools will keep its broad protections for transgender students even though the Trump administration is reversing a federal directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms.
APS spokeswoman Monica Armenta tells the Albuquerque Journal that the district will keep its policy until the Trump administration issues explains its policy of letting the issue be decided at the local level.
Trump has ended a directive issued during the Obama administration that told schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms of their chosen gender.
Under APS' policy, a child who was born male but identifies as female can choose a new name, dress as a girl, be addressed as "she," play on girls sports teams and access the girls restroom and locker room.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal.
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