Assam: Transgender student asked to leave school in Guwahati for Instagram post
The principal of the school said they had received complaints from some parents.
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A transgender student enrolled in the South Point School of Assam’s Guwahati has been allegedly asked to leave for sharing a picture on the social media platform Instagram wearing a bathing suit, reported The Assam Tribune on Friday.
The class 11 student had posted photos of herself on her private Instagram account.
The principal of South Point School, K Chanda on the night of June 10 allegedly called the student and asked to speak to her mother, reported The Wire. According to the student’s mother, Indrani Chakraborty, the principal described the student’s picture as “shameful and disgusting”.
Chanda also reportedly told Chakraborty that her child should leave the school.
On June 11, when the parents of the student went to the school, Chanda told them that their child could continue if “she deleted her social media account, left her community and ongoing counselling sessions and followed the school counsellor”, Chakraborty alleged, reported The Wire.
“We denied [these conditions] and demanded a transfer certificate,” Chakraborty told The Wire. “I can’t risk her life by sending her in such a toxic environment where students are stalked, policed, shamed and suppressed. With whose permission did they invade my daughter’s privacy? Wearing a bathing suit at the pool is not illegal and it did not happen at the school premises.”
The student has been studying at the...
