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   From: losers@dnc.org   
      
   A West Virginia assistant principal accused of harassing a   
   transgender student won an appeal to get his job back Monday.   
      
   The Harrison County Board of Education voted to reinstate Lee   
   Livengood after voting unanimously last month not to renew his   
   contract at the end of a three-year probationary period, news   
   outlets report.   
      
   County Schools Superintendent Mark Manchin said Monday's   
   decision was difficult and followed "a lot of discussion."   
      
   In November, Livengood allegedly followed transgender teenager   
   Michael Critchfield into the boys bathroom at Liberty High   
   School and said, "You freak me out." Critchfield said Livengood   
   also ordered him to prove his gender by using a urinal.   
      
   The American Civil Liberties Union's West Virginia chapter has   
   pushed the county for diversity training to prevent similar   
   incidents.   
      
   The ACLU said in a statement Monday that Livengood "has   
   demonstrated he is incapable of conducting himself in a   
   professional manner in any environment with children, and he has   
   shown a troubling lack of remorse for his actions. We will be   
   actively monitoring the situation to ensure Michael and the   
   students of Harrison County are protected moving forward."   
      
   Livengood's attorney, Alex Shook, had argued that his client was   
   unaware of Critchfield's gender identity and was not told of an   
   arrangement Critchfield had with the principal to use the boys   
   restrooms.   
      
   According to Critchfield, the school band was preparing to take   
   an after-school bus trip to Morgantown in November to watch a   
   performance at West Virginia University. Critchfield said he   
   went to the bathroom and checked to see if anyone was standing   
   at a urinal before he went into a stall.   
      
   Livengood then opened the bathroom door and asked if any   
   students were in the stall. Critchfield said he replied and when   
   he left the stall, Livengood was standing in the bathroom   
   doorway and blocked Critchfield from leaving.   
      
   Critchfield recalled Livengood repeatedly yelling, "Why are you   
   in here? You shouldn't be in here."   
      
   Critchfield said he replied that it was his legal right to use   
   that bathroom. He said Livengood used improper pronouns when   
   referring to Critchfield and challenged him to use a urinal to   
   prove that he was a boy.   
      
   There is no such thing as transgender.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/official-accused-   
   harassing-transgender-student-gets-job-back-n1000041?icid=related   
        
      
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