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A transgender student is seeking a protective order against Oklahoma education officials to prohibit them from revealing the student’s identity, according to a report Monday. The unusual request came in connection with a pending lawsuit against state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters and the state Board of Education over a request to change the student’s name and gender in school records, the Oklahoman said, citing court records. It also followed a ruling in which a federal judge agreed to let the student be identified using the pseudonym “J. Doe,” but the case has since been t…