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ByLisaLeff The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO From locker rooms and sex educa- tion classes to dress codes and overnight field trips, many U.S. public schools already are balancing the civil rights of transgen- der students with any con- cerns that classmates, par- ents and community mem- bers might have. The Education Depart- ment is drawing on those practices to guide other schools as they work to comply with the Obama administration's directive that transitioning children be treated consistent with their gender identity. That has been the pol- icy since 2013 of the Arca- dia Unified School District in Southern California. As part of a settlement with the federal departments of Justice and Education that became the foundation for the national mandate is- sued Friday, students may use the bathroom, locker room or wilderness cabin that corresponds with their recognized gender outside school, Superintendent Da- vid Vannasdall said. "This is absolutely not about a student on a day-to- day basis saying, 'Today I'm a boy, tomorrow I'm a girl.' That has never happened," Vannasdall said. "By the time these students are at a point where they are asking for our help, they are pre- senting in all areas of their life as that gender." The administration had warned schools before Fri- day that denying transgen- der students access to the correct facilities and activ- ities was illegal under its interpretation of federal sex discrimination laws. But the new guidance, for the first time, offers advice for accommodating the pri- vacy needs of nontransgen- der youngsters. Citing guidelines adopted by Washington, New York, the District of Columbia and Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, President Barack Obama's Education Department said schools could erect privacy curtains in changing areas, permit all students to make use of single-stall restrooms or work out other case-by- case arrangements as long as the burden doesn't rest exclusively on transgender students. "The concerns for right to privacy and safety of chil- dren applies to every single child, including the trans- gender child," said Ather- ton's principal, Thomas Ab- erli, who faced community opposition when he first al- lowed a transgender fresh- man to use the girls' rest- rooms two years ago. Since that first student, about a half-dozen more have come out as transgender, Aberli said. Asaf Orr, a lawyer who directs the Transgender Youth Project Staff at the National Center for Les- bian Rights, said the guid- ance could help temper the transgender rights backlash that the restroom issue has engendered in states such as North Carolina by show- ing that minority rights and privacy rights can co-exist if schools respect all students' need to be comfortable. At least 13 states and the District of Columbia pro- hibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity in schools. Hundreds of school districts, from Anchorage, Alaska, and Tucson, Ari- zona, to Fairfax County, Vir- ginia and Chicago, have ad- opted similar protections. Nearly two dozen state high school sports feder- ations have adopted rules governing the participation of transgender athletes on competitive teams. In Portland, Oregon, Lin- coln High Principal Peyton Chapman recalls the "chal- lenging times" about seven years when a transgender student who identified as fe- male transferred there after being bullied at her previous school. The student made the cheerleading squad and "bathroomandlockerrooms became an immediate issue with the cheerleading par- ents," she said. An anti-bullying cam- paign that focused on the difference between sex- ual orientation and gender identity diffused the situa- tion, Chapman said. "Some students may be uncomfortable with it, but we can't let some people's discomfort violate other people's civil rights," she said. EDUCATION Schoolsofferguidance on transgender issues DONRYAN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Lincoln High School principal Peyton Chapman poses in the halls of the school in Portland, Ore., on Friday. By Philip Marcelo and Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press BOSTON A 64-year-old cancer patient has re- ceived the nation's first pe- nis transplant, a ground- breaking operation that may also help some of the U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs. In a case that repre- sents the latest frontier in the growing field of re- constructive transplants, Thomas Manning of Hali- fax, Massachusetts, is far- ing well after the 15-hour operation last week, Mas- sachusetts General Hospi- tal said Monday. His doctors said they are cautiously optimis- tic that Manning eventu- ally will be able to urinate normally and function sexually again for the first time since aggressive pe- nile cancer led to the am- putation of his genitals in 2012. They said his psycho- logical state will play a big role in his recovery. "Emotionally he's do- ing amazing. I'm really impressed with how he's handling things. He's just a positive person," Dr. Curtis Cetrulo, who was among the lead surgeons on a team of more than 50, said at a news con- ference. "He wants to be whole again. He does not want to be in the shad- ows." Manning, who is sin- gle, did not appear at the news conference but said in a statement: "Today I begin a new chapter filled with personal hope and hope for others who have suffered genital injuries. In sharing this success with all of you, it is my hope we can usher in a bright fu- ture for this type of trans- plantation." The identity of the de- ceased donor was not re- leased. The operation is highly experimental — only one other patient, in South Af- rica, has a transplanted penis. But four addi- tional hospitals around the country have permis- sion from the United Net- work for Organ Sharing, which oversees the na- tion's transplant system, to attempt the delicate surgery. The loss of a penis, whether from cancer, acci- dent or war injury, is emo- tionally traumatic, affect- ing urination, sexual in- timacy and the ability to conceive a child. Unlike traditional life- saving transplants of hearts, kidneys or livers, reconstructive transplants are done to improve qual- ity of life. And while a pe- nis transplant may sound radical, it follows trans- plants of faces, hands and even the uterus. "This is a logical next step," said Dr. W. P. An- drew Lee, chairman of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Med- icine. His hospital is prepar- ing for a penis transplant in a wounded veteran soon, and Lee said this new field is important for "people who want to feel whole again after the loss of important body parts." 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