Supreme court passes on pervert bathroom challenge.
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The Supreme Court on Monday passed on a long-winding legal battle over transgender students’ rights to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
a tree in front of a building: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.© Drew Angerer/Getty Images A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Gavin Grimm, a transgender man, sued his school board in 2015 over its policy that barred him from using the boys restroom. Gloucester County School Board in Virginia had implemented a policy that forced Grimm to use unisex restroom facilities.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with Grimm twice, ruling the policy is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. The court also said barring students from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity violates Title IX, an education law that prohibits sex-based discrimination.
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a person holding a kite while standing in front of a building: Joseph Fons holds a Pride flag as he walks back and forth in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building last June after the court ruled that LGBTQ people can not be disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation.
For several years, the case has bounced around the courts through a turbulent political tug of war over the interpretation of Title IX. The court backed Grimm in 2016 and again last August. The Supreme Court was set to hear the case in 2017 but sent it back to the lower courts after the Trump administration scrapped Obama-era guidance on the rights of transgender students.
The Education Department’s new interpretation of Title IX, announced in June, now includes prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision was based on the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County. However, the opinion issued about transgender rights in the workplace specifically said it did not address rights to use bathrooms or locker rooms.
This is the second time this term that the Supreme Court has sidelined a lawsuit aimed at barrThis is the second time this term that the Supreme Court has sidelined a lawsuit aimed at barring transgender students from bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. ing transgender students from bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. In December, the high court decided not to hear the case aimed at ending an Oregon school district's policy of allowing transgender students to use facilities that match their gender identity.
The court order said Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari in Grimm's case.
