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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced today that transgender women are not permitted to single-sex bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue that has overtaken the Capitol in recent days. Continue reading “Speaker Johnson Bans Trans Women From Capitol Restrooms”
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the House of Representatives, even though trans women have been using public restrooms for years. Continue reading “Nancy Mace Wants To Ban Trans Member Of Congress From Restrooms”
Some news items you might find interesting: • Metro Weekly: A Missouri appeals court ruled that a transgender man is entitled to more than $4 million in damages for discrimination after being barred from the boys’ locker room when he was enrolled in public school over a decade ago. Continue reading “$4 Million Ruling For Trans Man Barred From Locker Room + More News”
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling from a federal appeals court last year that held in favor of a transgender middle school student in Indiana to use the boys’ bathroom. Today’s decision leaves the lower court’s ruling in place, requiring the school to treat trans students equally. Continue reading “Supreme Court Declines To Review Ruling On Transgender Bathroom Rights”
Some new items you might have missed: • Gayety: Check out this list of upcoming gay holiday rom-coms arriving this season including reigning “holiday King” Jonathan Bennett in Hallmark’s “Christmas On Cherry Lane,” premiering December 9. Continue reading “Holiday Rom-Coms + More “Don’t Say Gay” In Florida + More News”
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High school students in Temple, Texas, staged a protest after a transgender student was denied access to a female locker room. Continue reading “Texas Students Protest In Support Of Trans Student”
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by a Virginia school board that hoped to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. That decision leaves in place lower court rulings that found the policy unconstitutional. From the New York Times:
An appeals court had ruled that the policy violated the Constitution and a federal law by prohibiting the student, Gavin Grimm, from using the same bathrooms as other boys. The school said Mr. Grimm could use a private bathroom.
The Supreme Court had agreed to hear an earlier appeal in the case but dismissed it in 2017 after the Trump administration changed the federal government’s position on transgender rights. The Biden administration has since adopted policies protecting transgender students.
What this means: there is now strong precedent that schools in the 4th Circuit (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia) cannot prohibit students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
Last year, the Supreme Court for the first time ruled in favor of transgender rights, saying that a federal employment discrimination law applied to LGBTQ workers.
In Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., the Supreme Court refuses to take up a Virginia school board’s request to reinstate a policy prohibiting transgender students from using school bathrooms that reflect their gender identity.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 28, 2021
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a transgender student’s right to use school bathrooms matching his gender identity.
This refusal to review Gavin Grimm’s case allows lower court rulings that say treating trans students differently violates federal law to stand pic.twitter.com/MQF7stH3Jb
— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 28, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a court ruling regarding public school policies allowing transgender students to use bathroom facilities that align with their gender identity. The case was brought by Oregon parents who objected to a trans student being allowed to use the boys’ bathrooms and locker rooms in 2017. From The Hill:
By declining to hear the case, the justices preserved a federal appeals court’s decision to permit transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms associated with their gender identity instead of their sex assigned at birth.
Parents brought the case against the Dallas School District in Oregon in 2017 after a transgender student was permitted to use the boys’ bathrooms and locker room at the high school.
The parents alleged that the district’s permission for transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms aligned with their gender identity violated the privacy and constitutional rights of other students.
A lower court initially refused to strike down the school district’s policy, prompting the parents to appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the lower court ruling.
🏛️NEW: Scotus denies review in Parents for Privacy v. Barr. The case involved an effort by Oregon parents to challenge public school policies allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Here’s how the parents framed the issue and stakes👇 pic.twitter.com/m15XdFLLJm
— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) December 7, 2020
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to take up a challenge to school policies that support transgender students. School districts should continue to allow trans students to use the same restroom as their peers.
Trans and non-binary people belong EVERYWHERE.
— ACLU (@ACLU) December 7, 2020