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2024-05-09 22:13:16 UTC
A North Carolina university is investigating after student Payton McNabb
who suffered long-term physical and mental injuries when a transgender
volleyball player spiked a ball and hit her in the face during a high
school match filmed herself confronting a transgender woman in one of
the girls' bathrooms on campus.
"Western Carolina University is dedicated to fostering a safe and
welcoming environment for all students. The university's primary concern
is the safety and wellbeing of all members of its campus community," a
spokesperson for the school said in a statement issued to Fox News
Digital. "WCU is committed to upholding its principles and ensuring that
all students have equal access to education and opportunities. Violations
of any university policies or state and federal laws will be addressed by
appropriate campus officials.
"Unlawful discrimination against any member of our campus community is not
accepted at WCU."
Western Carolina did not respond to a follow-up question about the focus
of the investigation and whether McNabb is at risk of disciplinary action.
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In the video, first uploaded to X last week, McNabb can be heard asking,
"Why are you in the girls' bathroom?"
The individual, who has not been identified, responds, "I'm a trans girl."
"But you're not a girl," McNabb replies.
"Interesting, I've never had this before. I don't know what to say, I'm
sorry you feel that way," the person says.
McNabb then tells the individual that she pays "a lot of money to be safe
in the bathroom."
Encountering men in "intimate spaces can be an extremely uncomfortable and
emotionally distressing experience for women," Independent Women's Law
Center director May Mailman, representing McNabb, told Fox News Digital.
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FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT ALLOWING HIJAB
"Including those like Payton who suffered and continue to experience
trauma," Mailman said. "No matter what men are wearing or how they feel
internally, schools can't forget about their obligation to women."
Mailman added that she is fearful that colleges "seem more interested" in
"investigating a polite inquiry of what a man is doing in a woman's
bathroom" than dealing with recent instances of anti-Israel unrest on
campuses.
After the video circulated on X, McNabb said she started facing threats
from students who were encouraging others to report her to the university
for being "transphobic."
"Currently, I'm facing reports to the school for alleged 'transphobia,'
alongside attempts to tear down my sorority, despite it having nothing to
do with it," McNabb wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "I believe in everyone's
right to their own opinion, and I shouldn't face punishment simply because
I felt uncomfortable with a man being in our bathroom."
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In September 2022, McNabb was injured during a high-school volleyball game
by a transgender athlete on the opposing team who spiked the volleyball
and struck her in the face, causing her to fall backward and suffer a
concussion and neck injury.
"Other injuries I still suffer from today include impaired vision, partial
paralysis on my right side, constant headaches, as well as anxiety and
depression," McNabb said during a press conference last year. "My ability
to learn, retain [and] comprehend has also been impaired, and I require
accommodations at school for testing because of this."
In 2016, North Carolina enacted the nation's first "bathroom bill,"
mandating individuals to use restrooms corresponding to their biological
sex. Since then, dozens of similar bills have passed in several state
legislatures.
However, a year later, several portions of the bill were repealed, and the
federal departments of education and justice issued guidance stating that
public universities receiving federal funds are required to treat a
student's gender identity as their sex, including in bathrooms.
The Biden administration also revised Title IX last month. Under the new
rules, sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity
as well as sexual orientation. A school must not separate or treat people
differently based on sex, except under limited circumstances, according to
the provisions, and critics say that the change will allow locker rooms
and bathrooms to be based on gender identity.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/students-viral-video-trans-woman-ladies-
restroom-spurs-campus-investigation-renewed-debate
who suffered long-term physical and mental injuries when a transgender
volleyball player spiked a ball and hit her in the face during a high
school match filmed herself confronting a transgender woman in one of
the girls' bathrooms on campus.
"Western Carolina University is dedicated to fostering a safe and
welcoming environment for all students. The university's primary concern
is the safety and wellbeing of all members of its campus community," a
spokesperson for the school said in a statement issued to Fox News
Digital. "WCU is committed to upholding its principles and ensuring that
all students have equal access to education and opportunities. Violations
of any university policies or state and federal laws will be addressed by
appropriate campus officials.
"Unlawful discrimination against any member of our campus community is not
accepted at WCU."
Western Carolina did not respond to a follow-up question about the focus
of the investigation and whether McNabb is at risk of disciplinary action.
COLORADO COULD BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO BUILD SEPARATE PRISON UNITS FOR
TRANSGENDER FELONS
In the video, first uploaded to X last week, McNabb can be heard asking,
"Why are you in the girls' bathroom?"
The individual, who has not been identified, responds, "I'm a trans girl."
"But you're not a girl," McNabb replies.
"Interesting, I've never had this before. I don't know what to say, I'm
sorry you feel that way," the person says.
McNabb then tells the individual that she pays "a lot of money to be safe
in the bathroom."
Encountering men in "intimate spaces can be an extremely uncomfortable and
emotionally distressing experience for women," Independent Women's Law
Center director May Mailman, representing McNabb, told Fox News Digital.
TRANS INMATE WHO KILLED BABY AND IDENTIFIES AS MUSLIM WOMAN SUES CHAPLAIN
FOR ALLEGEDLY NOT ALLOWING HIJAB
"Including those like Payton who suffered and continue to experience
trauma," Mailman said. "No matter what men are wearing or how they feel
internally, schools can't forget about their obligation to women."
Mailman added that she is fearful that colleges "seem more interested" in
"investigating a polite inquiry of what a man is doing in a woman's
bathroom" than dealing with recent instances of anti-Israel unrest on
campuses.
After the video circulated on X, McNabb said she started facing threats
from students who were encouraging others to report her to the university
for being "transphobic."
"Currently, I'm facing reports to the school for alleged 'transphobia,'
alongside attempts to tear down my sorority, despite it having nothing to
do with it," McNabb wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "I believe in everyone's
right to their own opinion, and I shouldn't face punishment simply because
I felt uncomfortable with a man being in our bathroom."
FEMALE ATHLETE INJURED BY TRANSGENDER SLAMS DEM LAWMAKERS WHO DISMISSED
DANGERS
In September 2022, McNabb was injured during a high-school volleyball game
by a transgender athlete on the opposing team who spiked the volleyball
and struck her in the face, causing her to fall backward and suffer a
concussion and neck injury.
"Other injuries I still suffer from today include impaired vision, partial
paralysis on my right side, constant headaches, as well as anxiety and
depression," McNabb said during a press conference last year. "My ability
to learn, retain [and] comprehend has also been impaired, and I require
accommodations at school for testing because of this."
In 2016, North Carolina enacted the nation's first "bathroom bill,"
mandating individuals to use restrooms corresponding to their biological
sex. Since then, dozens of similar bills have passed in several state
legislatures.
However, a year later, several portions of the bill were repealed, and the
federal departments of education and justice issued guidance stating that
public universities receiving federal funds are required to treat a
student's gender identity as their sex, including in bathrooms.
The Biden administration also revised Title IX last month. Under the new
rules, sex discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity
as well as sexual orientation. A school must not separate or treat people
differently based on sex, except under limited circumstances, according to
the provisions, and critics say that the change will allow locker rooms
and bathrooms to be based on gender identity.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/students-viral-video-trans-woman-ladies-
restroom-spurs-campus-investigation-renewed-debate