California Baptist University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Expulsion of Domaine Javier === On August 30, 2011, California Baptist University expelled incoming nursing student [[Domaine Javier]] for being a [[transgender]] woman. CBU claimed she concealed her identity when applying to the school.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-31 |title=Transgender Student Says School Kicked Her Out For Being A Him - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/transgender-student-says-school-kicked-her-out-for-being-a-him/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Before attending classes, Javier revealed her identity on MTV's [[True Life]], after which CBU expelled her. As a result, Javier's attorneys filed a lawsuit against the school on the grounds of discrimination, citing California's [[Unruh Civil Rights Act]]. Javier also brought suit against the university for breach of contract.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domaine-javier-lawsuit_n_2775756 | title=Transgender Student Sues University That Expelled Her for 'Fraud' | date=February 27, 2013 }}</ref> Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gloria Connor Trask ruled on July 11, 2014 that as a transgender person, Javier's application violated the university's moral code and the school was within its rights to expel her. Trask, however, ruled the university should not have prohibited Javier from entering university businesses and services which were open to the public.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://baptistnews.com/article/expelled-transgender-student-gets-partial-win/ | title=Expelled transgender student gets partial win | date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref> Because of California Baptist's decision to bar Javier from their campus businesses, Judge Trask ordered the school to pay her $4,000 in statutory damages in addition to attorney's fees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/transgender_student_baptist_college|title=Transgender student and Baptist college both claim victory in lawsuit over expulsion|first=A. B. A.|last=Journal|website=ABA Journal}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page