Last week, two transgender high school students faced discrimination on a school bus.

Someone on the bus captured the altercation on video, which happened on Wednesday, 20 September in South Glen Falls, New York.

Students loaded onto the bus after school where the driver told boys to sit on one side and girls on the other.

The two trans students, who identify as male, sat with the boys. When the driver told them to move, they ‘politely refused and remained in their seats, with every right to do so,’ as explained by the school district’s statement.

The driver told them to move or get off the bus — they got off the bus. Immediately, they located a school administrator to tell them what happened.

Watch the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5SmX_PzpWc

Near the beginning of the video, a friend of the students’ stands to tell the driver he’s discrimination based on their sexuality or gender identity.

Standing against discrimination

While the incident is awful and should never have happened, seeing students stand up for their friends is inspiring. As is the school district’s response.

‘We do not tolerate any form of discrimination against our students,’ said Superintendent of Schools Michael Patton. ‘All students need to feel safe and supported when they are in our classrooms, on our school property or riding in our school buses.’

Patton also said the district will continue to train and educate both students and adults alike on discrimination matters.

‘I’m very impressed and thankful for the way my school has reacted to this,’ one of the students said after.

Still, incidents like these are too common.

Just last week, a deputy spouted homophobic abuse at a gay student on a bus in Florida.