"The hard-line stance taken today by the Pine-Richland School District shows how far the School District has strayed from its mission to educate and serve all its students. The School District's argument is shameful and could have dire consequences for the safety and security of transgender students," Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan said. "Schools should be a place where all students feel safe and able to fully participate in their education. Today, transgender people, and in particular transgender youth, are feeling vulnerable and exposed. With its filing today, the Pine-Richland School District has turned its back on transgender students and told its student body that discrimination is ok. That is not only wrong, it is unlawful."