( Post Millennial )
A new video from a South Carolina school board meeting revealed that an 18-year-old trans-identified male has allegedly been using the female restroom and the girls are too scared to use it, even refraining from drinking water so they don't have to go.Â
In a video posted by Reduxx, Rock Hill Schools Vice Chair Pete Nosal said, "It was brought to my attention that we have a boy using the girl's bathroom at Rock Hill High School."Â
"These girls, these 13, 14, 15-year-old girls, do not feel safe and secure in that bathroom," he continued. "I've talked to their parents and it's upsetting and it's just not right."Â
Nosal submitted to the board a proposal to ensure that restrooms are segregated by sex. It read, "The Rock Hill School Board of Trustees believes that all students should feel safe and secure in their learning environment."Â
"Every restroom and changing facility accessible by multiple persons at the same time must be designated for use only by members of one sex," it added. "Any restrooms and changing facilities designated for one sex must be used only by members of that sex."Â
Nosal added, "Girls should not be avoiding drinking water during the day so they don't have to go to the bathroom because of this." He said, "They should be able to go to the bathroom and not be boys in the bathroom."Â
On Wednesday, South Carolina's Senate passed added a provision to the state's budget that would force students to use bathrooms, showers, and changing rooms of their birth sex.Â
According to WBTV, schools that receive state funding would have to ensure their spaces are designated for one sex under the Student Physical Privacy Amendment. The author of the proposal, Sen. Wes Climer pointed to the situation at Rock Hill High School, and said this was an opportunity to "solve this problem for the entirety of the state."Â
The provision would go into effect on July 1, 2024, if it remains in the final version of the state budget.Â