Oklahoma School Closes After Facebook Parents Threaten to Castrate 12 Year Old Transgender Girl
An Oklahoma school has been temporarily closed after a group of parents hurled abuse at a transgender student on Facebook.
Twelve-year-old “Maddie” (not her real name) has identified as a girl since 2016. She had previously used the staff bathroom, but following renovations she struggled to find it and instead used the girls' facilities.
Speaking to KXII News, Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, said her daughter started at Achille two years ago and has only ever been known as a girl. “We had no problems when we first started,” Rose said. “She hadn’t been told where the staff bathroom was. Before she was able to be told, she had to pee, so she used the girls' bathroom one single time.”
Rose said the threats against Maddie have scared her. “These are adults making threats—I don’t understand it. She’s an awesome kid. To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
According to News 4, Achille superintendent Rick Beene said they closed the school to avoid demonstrations. “The problem is, when you get into a small town, you don’t have to get a permit to demonstrate, therefore the problem with that is you don’t know who’s showing up, you don’t know what time they’re going to show up or anything like that,” Beene said.
“The thought was, for law enforcement, that you can have an opposing group that might be here and that could lead to problems so law enforcement asked me if we could shut down until Wednesday so they didn’t have to worry about those 360 kids in addition to what they were already having to deal with.”
Despite this, a small rally was held in support of Maddie on Tuesday morning. People picketed with signs reading “Love one another”, “#Love4Maddie” and “Bullying ain’t OK”.
Speaking to KXII News, Maddie’s mother, Brandy Rose, said her daughter started at Achille two years ago and has only ever been known as a girl. “We had no problems when we first started,” Rose said. “She hadn’t been told where the staff bathroom was. Before she was able to be told, she had to pee, so she used the girls' bathroom one single time.”
Rose said the threats against Maddie have scared her. “These are adults making threats—I don’t understand it. She’s an awesome kid. To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
According to News 4, Achille superintendent Rick Beene said they closed the school to avoid demonstrations. “The problem is, when you get into a small town, you don’t have to get a permit to demonstrate, therefore the problem with that is you don’t know who’s showing up, you don’t know what time they’re going to show up or anything like that,” Beene said.
“The thought was, for law enforcement, that you can have an opposing group that might be here and that could lead to problems so law enforcement asked me if we could shut down until Wednesday so they didn’t have to worry about those 360 kids in addition to what they were already having to deal with.”
Despite this, a small rally was held in support of Maddie on Tuesday morning. People picketed with signs reading “Love one another”, “#Love4Maddie” and “Bullying ain’t OK”.
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