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On 20 July 2016, the Daily Beast published an article about a lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the parents of a transgender boy, alleging that he and other transgender students were forced by their school district to wear bright green wristbands as a form of identification with respect to bathroom use in particular: The article included a link to the lawsuit [PDF], which was filed on 19 July 2016 and alleged that the district and its employees misgendered the student and insisted upon the wearing of wristbands in order to monitor bathroom usage: In the Facts portion of the suit, item number 82 maintained that the alleged imposition of the bracelets caused the student significant anxiety and fear: Initially the school district did not comment on the suit, but in an undated statement titled KUSD Responds to Lawsuit the district asserted that some of the factual allegations are patently false: Kenosha Unified did not specify which particular allegations they disputed in the suit, other than stating they do not require students to wear wristbands. No portion of the lawsuit mentioned armbands or pink triangles, as some social media rumors held. In of April 2016 the district commented on a separate controversy, involving the same student's eligibility to be named prom king. That dispute also involved a lawsuit (which was later dropped), and district spokesperson Tanya Ruder told ABC News at that time that no district policy relating to bathroom access for transgender students was in place: According to the second lawsuit, a guidance counselor introduced the bright green wristband to the student and explained the school intended to use [it] to mark students who are transgender. That suit is pending and has not yet been settled or adjudicated.
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