Eight-year-old Indian-American Transgender Girl Nikki Brar sues School over Gender Identity

Eight-year-old Indian-American Transgender Girl Nikki Brar sues School over Gender Identity

Washington, August 9, 2017: An eight-year-old Indian-American transgender girl and her family are suing a private school in California for forcing her to dress as a boy and preventing the child from expressing her preferred gender identity.

Nikki Brar, who was designated male at birth, was a student at Heritage Oak Private Education in Yorba Linda. The lawsuit alleges that the school violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday.

The school didn't allow Nikki Brar to wear the school's girls' uniform, use the girls' bathroom, or be called a "she". It said that the move would "create an imbalance in our environment", the report said.

The lawsuit alleged that Nikki Brar experienced social isolation. The girls would not play with her because she had to dress like a boy, and she found the boys' games too rough. Boys would bully the youngster, calling her "a loser", it said. Nikki left the school in February 2017.

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