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Jackie Evancho, the teenage singer who performed the national anthem at President Trump鈥檚 inauguration in January, is 鈥渄isappointed" with the president鈥檚 decision to roll back Obama-era guidelines on transgender bathroom rules in public schools. And she wants Mr. Trump to grant her and her transgender sister an audience 鈥� just with him, this time.

鈥渦 gave me the honor 2 sing at your inauguration,鈥� wrote the former "America's Got Talent" contestant in聽a public Twitter post on Wednesday.聽"Pls give me & my sis the honor 2 meet with u 2 talk #transgender rghts."聽

The request returns attention to the president鈥檚 policies on a cultural question for which he has shown little of the fervor apparent in his statements on immigration or police brutality聽鈥撀爐hough his actions as president may mean his lack of visible support makes little difference to opponents.聽

Under the Obama administration, schools were instructed to let transgender students use the bathrooms corresponding to the gender by which the student identified. As 海角大神聽noted, a new set of guidelines being drafted by the Trump administration is expected to give states latitude to formulate their own policies:

For critics, letting states draw up their own plans is tantamount to peeling back civil-rights protections in favor of complicity with already widespread transphobia.聽

In an appearance on ABC鈥檚聽鈥淕ood Morning America鈥� with her 18-year-old sister, Juliet, Jackie said she sought the meeting to聽鈥渆nlighten鈥� Trump on what she saw her sister聽鈥済o through every single day in school.鈥� The president has not responded to the request, she added.聽

In October 2016, the Evancho family filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh-area school district where Juliet is currently a high school senior over their decision to reverse a policy that allowed students to choose the bathroom they used.聽

Juliet told the ABC hosts that Trump needed to know about the violence and threats directed at her and other transgender students.

"I've had things thrown at me," she said. "I've had people say pretty horrible things, and the unsafe environment is just very unhealthy."聽

Jackie鈥檚 performance at the inauguration came after several high-profile acts turned down invitations. But she says she would sing there again, if she had the chance to do it over.聽

"The reason why I did sing at the inauguration was not politics. It was for the honor, the privilege to perform for my country. And that will stay the same, I think,鈥澛爏he said.

This report contains material from Reuters and聽the Associated Press.