The United States Supreme Court declined to hear the transgender rights issues in Gloucester County School Board of Education v. Grimm, thereby allowing the lower court decisions protecting a transgender student’s right to choose a bathroom facility based on their gender identity to stand.
The American Civil Liberties Union argued on behalf of Grimm that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects transgender students from discrimination based on sex at schools that receive federal funding.
With the U.S. Supreme Court declining to decide to hear this issue, there is no definitive answer on this topic despite transgender student’s right being subject of debate for the past several years.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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