Transgender Teen in Virginia Bathroom Case Wins in Appeals Court
A federal court sided with a transgender teen on Tuesday, saying that a lower court should have deferred to the federal government’s assertion that Title IX protects transgender students.
Gavin Grimm, 16, sued his school in Gloucester County, Va., after it decided that he would not be allowed to use the boys bathroom. After intense public debate, the school decided on a policy that provided boys and girls bathrooms that were limited to “corresponding biological genders.” Later, the school also provided a unisex bathroom that Grimm could use.
Grimm, who was designated female but identifies as male, argued the policy violated Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program that gets federal funding.
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