A California high school student has slammed her district for allowing a transgender student who is biologically male to put women’s safety in “jeopardy” by using the girls’ locker room – after a video emerged of the trans teen assaulting a female.
Megan Simpkins, 18, a senior at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, gave an impassioned speech at a recent school board meeting, where she described the fight and assailed the district’s policy.
“There was an incident within our district that occurred recently regarding a transgender woman, who really is a biological man, having an altercation with a young woman at MLK High School,” she said at the April 27 board meeting.
“It was infuriating when I had seen the video on social media, but what was detrimental to this is the fact that this man is and has been using the women’s restroom and locker room,” Simpkins continues.
The outraged student warned officials about the issue of “biological men claiming they are women and, in turn, truly believing that they are entitled to use women’s spaces.”
Simpkins also expressed concern about the ideology behind trans activism and women’s safety.
“Firstly, the question we must address is why are we affirming the mental confusion of this boy and putting the safety of women in jeopardy by allowing mentally confused men to use women’s spaces?” she said.
“Of course, any male who claims he is a woman will accept it, but what about the women? What about the true girls like myself who are females down to our DNA? Why don’t we ever get a say in whether or not we are comfortable with this?” she asked.
“The truth is we aren’t, the majority of us aren’t, and yet nothing has been done to protect the safety of these women. I will conclude with this it all starts with you. You are in charge of the safety of us women.
“Please do something about it. Thank you,” the student concluded.
Students and families told FOX 11 that the trans student seen in the viral video has a history of erratic and disturbing behavior.
“He’s [in the] girls’ locker room, using girls’ restrooms,” MLK student Aiden Vermeir told the news outlet.
“He spit on my friends that are girls, females. He shows his genitals in the locker room.”
In a statement, the school district said that the student had been expelled.
“Since the incident occurred, District staff has been working to ensure the safety and rights of all students are considered and promptly responded to. We are able to verify that the student involved will no longer be attending King High School,” it said.