Gender Identity Watch
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
Kylie Jack is a Man who identifies as a Woman. He complained on his Facebook page that a Woman working at the store did not want to fit him for a bra because he is Male. Jack took great offense to this; predictably, Petticoat Fair has capitulated to Jack’s Internet outrage and indicates that it will, in fact, require … Continue reading “Kylie Jack @ixKylie & Petticoat Fair @PetticoatFair (USA)”
Recently, a friend forwarded me a link to this blog post by Katrina Rose, who teaches history at the University of Iowa. Ms. Rose appears to believe that we owe her answers to questions she poses on her blog, despite the fact that answers to her questions readily appear on our own blog and elsewhere. However, she raises … Continue reading “Vancouver Rape Relief v. Nixon (Canada)”
Gavin Grimm is a 19-year-old who sued the Gloucester County School Board over its policy requiring students to use sex-segregated facilities according to the students’ biological sex. Grimm’s complaint alleged discrimination on the basis of “transgender status” in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (claiming “Transgender people as a class exhibit immutable … Continue reading “G.G. v. Gloucester County Sch. Bd. (USA)”
Max Brennan (“M.A.B.”) is a 15-year-old female who identifies as a transgender boy. Brennan, who attends high school at St. Michaels Middle High School in Talbot County, Maryland, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the high school in July 2016 seeking access to sex-segregated facilities for boys at the high school. On March 12, … Continue reading “M.A.B. v. Board of Education of Talbot County (USA)”
According to Elizabeth Hill, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Education, the department will no longer investigate complaints from students seeking access to bathrooms and other sex-segregated facilities in schools based on “gender identity.” “Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, not gender identity,” said Hill. “Therefore the question is whether a … Continue reading “U.S. Department of Education no longer investigating complaints from students seeking access to bathrooms based on "gender identity" (USA)”
On January 9, the Kenosha Unified School Board voted 5-2 to settle its lawsuit with former student Ash Whitaker, who sued the school district alleging discrimination on the basis of “sex, gender identity, and transgender status” in violation of Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) by refusing to allow Whitaker to … Continue reading “Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 (USA)”
Drew Adams is a 16-year-old student at Nease High School in St Johns County, FL who identifies as a transgender boy. Adams filed a federal lawsuit against The School Board of St. Johns County, FL seeking to force the school to allow students to use the school’s sex-segregated facilities based on the student’s gender identity, … Continue reading “Adams v. The School Board of St. Johns County, Florida @LambdaLegal (USA)”
On October 20, James van Kuilenburg, a 17-year-old student at Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, MD who identifies as transgender, filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Maryland to intervene as a defendant in Smith v. Board of Education. The lawsuit was filed by Mary Smith (a pseudonym), a 15-year old student … Continue reading “Smith v. Board of Education of Frederick County, MD (USA)”
On September 27, a federal district court for the Southern District of California ruled that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which prohibits “health programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance” from “discriminating against individuals on the basis of any ground listed under four different civil rights statutes,” protects individuals who identify as … Continue reading “Prescott v. Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego (USA)”