Media.www.DukeChronicle.com – By: Jessica Lichter
In a span of weeks, Lee Chauncey-the father of a female Duke student-went from a concerned parent on local news stations to a special guest on “The Montel Williams Show.”
In late August, a transgender student living in a male wing of Craven Quadrangle House B and awaiting sexual reassignment surgery was granted access to a female bathroom. Chauncey said he was appalled and contacted Duke administrators as well as the national media over the issue. The student then temporarily relocated to a more private accommodation.
“I was probably brought on the show to bring another dimension to it, so that people could see society’s perspective,” Chauncey said. “Everyone else on the show was affected by transgender [issues] on a personal level.”