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1. Va. Court Tells School to Give Transgender Teen Bathroom Access

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 08:28 AM

Jun 2016

UN 24 2016, 3:29 PM ET
by PETE WILLIAMS

A federal judge on Thursday ordered a rural Virginia school board to let a transgender student use the boys' bathroom, as he wished.

The ruling was another legal victory for a high school student, Gavin Grimm, who was born female but identifies as male, has undergone hormone therapy, and has legally changed his name.

A federal appeals court ruled earlier this year that public schools must allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity. It was the first such decision of its kind, and the Obama administration cited the ruling in its transgender lawsuit against North Carolina and in a letter to all the nation's schools.

In April, the appeals court declined to revisit its ruling. The school board has vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/va-court-tells-school-give-transgender-teen-bathroom-access-n598421

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Using the bathroom and who can use it idiocy [View all] Aerows Jun 2016 OP

Va. Court Tells School to Give Transgender Teen Bathroom Access struggle4progress Jun 2016 #1

Charlotte Schools Set New Transgender Bathroom Policy struggle4progress Jun 2016 #2

This was just a public service announcement :) n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #3

I'm still not sure how this law was supposed to be enforced. ladyVet Jun 2016 #4

I wonder about that, myself Aerows Jun 2016 #18

K&R! nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #5

:D Aerows Jun 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #10

Thank you!!! You are a great poster~! LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #11

You are pretty great yourself :)! n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #15

Many women do tend to socialize in the restroom npk Jun 2016 #7

I'm female. I do not speak for every female on the planet Aerows Jun 2016 #8

Yes vintx Jun 2016 #19

The last time I socialized in the bathroom Aerows Jun 2016 #20

Yikes vintx Jun 2016 #21

So I'm not a monster for using the disabled stall? Odin2005 Jun 2016 #9

If you have to go badly enough to use a public bathroom Aerows Jun 2016 #13

I use them, you don't have to worry about Mr. Wide Stance then snooper2 Jun 2016 #16

Wait libodem Jun 2016 #12

LOL! Aerows Jun 2016 #14

So True libodem Jun 2016 #17

To post on topic, there were a bunch of people posting on Twitter vintx Jun 2016 #22

I may have seen that one. Aerows Jun 2016 #23

I think some of it is parents who are scared. vintx Jun 2016 #24