Gavin Grimm, a female who identifies as a male, attends high school in Virginia. Grimm is seeking use of the boys’ room the the high school Grimm attends. Transgender student_ ‘I’m fighting for my right to use the correct restroom’ _ WAVY-TV. 28-1 28-2 28-main DOJ_ Gloucester transgender student’s lawsuit has merit under Title IX […]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed an amended complaint on behalf of Gavin Grimm, a female teen who identifies as a transgender boy. Grimm’s lawsuit previously sought a preliminary injunction which would allow Grimm to use sex-segregated facilities reserved for male students at Gloucester High School in Virginia. According to the ACLU, “Gavin graduated […]
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Gavin Grimm, 16, a female teen who identifies as a transgender boy. Grimm is suing Virginia’s Gloucester County School Board, arguing that its policy requiring students to use sex-segregated spaces based on their sex (or “gender-neutral” single-person facilities) is a violation of Title IX […]
Erin Buzuvis, Professor of Law, Western New England University and Kristine Newhall, Ph.D., Women’s Studies wrote a blog called Title IX Blog. They regularly write posts that disparage Women and Girls’ right to have opportunities based on sex. Here is a recent post authored by Newhall on transgender cases: Recent transgender policy cases
A federal trial court in Virginia finally released its written opinion regarding its dismissal of Gavin Grimm‘s Title IX claim. You can read it here.
Gavin Grimm is a girl who identifies as a boy. In late July, the court dismissed the Title IX claim. In early September, a U.S. District judge in Norfolk, Virginia, rejected a preliminary injunction request to prohibit the Gloucester County School Board from enforcing its policy against females using the male bathroom (and vice versa). Part of school transgender bathroom policy […]
Gavin Grimm is a Girl who identifies as a Boy. Her parents filed a lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board (Virginia) for saying she could not use the boys’ restroom. In a stunningly bas friend-of-the-court brief, the U.S. Department of Justice asserts that Title IX – the federal law enacted due to the overwhelming discrimination […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order in G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board remanding the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in light of a recent guidance issued by the Trump administration: “GLOUCESTER COUNTY SCH. BD. V. G. G. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to […]
U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has dismissed a lawsuit filed in May by Wryshona Isaac on behalf of her four young children. Isaac’s complaint against Duval County Public Schools (FL) “seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants for adopting and establishing a policy of allowing students an unfettered right to use the bathroom or […]
