Courts Rule Trans Students Allowed To Use Bathrooms For New Gender The LGBTQ community just scored another victory in the courts . Now, transgender students are permitted to use the restrooms corresponding to their new identities, rather than being forced to continue to use the bathroom for their former gender. Via MailOnline : Members of the transgender community and their supporters are celebrating a huge victory in their battle towards equal rights. The U.S. Justice Department announced in a court filing that transgender students must be allowed to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. The department says in a statement of interest filed Monday that failure to do so amounts to sex discrimination under Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972. The document was in response to a federal lawsuit filed against the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia by a 16-year-old transgender student who wants to be allowed to use the boys’ restroom at Gloucester High School. The lawsuit says Gavin Grimm used the communal restrooms for two months without incident until the board adopted a policy in December requiring transgender students to use a private facility. The change was made after complaints from some parents. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order allowing Grimm to use the boys’ restrooms. ‘It’s very stressful and humiliating,’ Grimm told ABC in an interview last month.’ Do you think this ruling is fair?
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US Justice Department Rules That Trans Kids Are Allowed To Use Restrooms According To New Gender Identity
