PALATINE, Ill. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A transgender student is claiming an Illinois high school is discriminating against him by not allowing him unrestricted access to the girls’ locker room. – Article
Lawyers from the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit religious liberty organization, praised the district for its position, and described a locker room as significantly different from, for instance, a bathroom with stalls. The Education Department, they said, seemed to take a hard line. – Article
Dr. Cates, the superintendent, said parents had made it resoundingly clear that they favored “maintaining some measure of privacy expectation” in the locker rooms.
A Virginia boy is suing the Gloucester Country School Board because of a policy that requires boys to use the boy’s room or a unisex bathroom. Sixteen year old Gavin Grimm says this violates his rights under a 1972 federal law banning sex discrimination in education. – Article
A Rape Survivor Speaks out about Transgender Bathrooms. – thefederalist.com