Mother 'furious,' 'livid' after transgender daughter pulled from Valentine's Day dance

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Mehojah told WJCL the outfit in question was a black blouse, black slacks— along with eye shadow and a rose in the 13-year-old's hair. She added to the station that after her child was pulled from the the dance at Rice Creek School in Port Wentworth, which teaches grades 3 through 8, the student was isolated in the school library.

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“Rather than just apologizing and correcting the behavior, they asked for medical proof that my daughter is transgender," Mehojah added to the station. "There is no such animal as medical proof." Since the meeting the principal has verbally apologized to Mehojah's child — but no one has contacted the mother, WJCL reported. The station said the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools dress code for nonuniform days doesn't restrict students from wearing blouses, slacks, makeup, or flowers, regardless of that student's orientation. “Your formative years [are] when you start forming who you are at your core," Mehojah told WJCL. "You should be able to express that."

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