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U.S. court hears arguments on transgender student using boys' bathroom
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:32pm EST
U.S. court hears arguments on transgender student using boys' bathroom
RICHMOND, VA. | BY GARY ROBERTSON
A U.S. appeals court heard arguments on Wednesday over whether a high school in Virginia should be ordered to allow a transgendered student to use the boys’ bathroom, even though he was born a biological female.
The student, Gavin Grimm, a 16-year-old junior at Gloucester High School, is suing the Gloucester County School Board over its restroom policy. His lawyers want the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an order letting him use the boys’ bathroom.
Joshua Block, the lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which brought the case, told the three-judge panel the policy violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection, and Title IX, the federal law that bars sexual discrimination.
But school board lawyer David Corrigan contended that "transgender” is not a protected class under the Constitution.
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U.S. court hears arguments on transgender student using boys' bathroom
RICHMOND, VA. | BY GARY ROBERTSON
A U.S. appeals court heard arguments on Wednesday over whether a high school in Virginia should be ordered to allow a transgendered student to use the boys’ bathroom, even though he was born a biological female.
The student, Gavin Grimm, a 16-year-old junior at Gloucester High School, is suing the Gloucester County School Board over its restroom policy. His lawyers want the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an order letting him use the boys’ bathroom.
Joshua Block, the lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which brought the case, told the three-judge panel the policy violated constitutional guarantees of equal protection, and Title IX, the federal law that bars sexual discrimination.
But school board lawyer David Corrigan contended that "transgender” is not a protected class under the Constitution.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-transgender-idUSKCN0V52FK
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