A school in Auckland, New Zealand has been praised for installing a gender-neutral toilet to help a 6-year-old trans kid feel accepted.The Board of Trustees at the school gave the go-ahed to install the facility earlier in 2016 with the support of the Education Ministry.The school was not named by the New Zealand Herald in order to protect the privacy of the child. Classmates of the trans student have fully accepted her transition, said sources close to the girl.According to the school board chairman: “We have a policy of safety around identity and culture, and that includes gender. We feel strongly that every child deserves to feel safe in the school environment.”He went on to say that other parents were not consulted, in the same way that they would not be consulted about measures to support any other child.

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