A federal appeals court delivered a major victory in transgender rights Friday by ruling a Florida high school violated the law by refusing to allow transgender student Andrew Cody Adams to use the restroom consistent with his gender identity.
In a 2-1 decision written by U.S. Circuit Judge Beverly Martin, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals relies heavily on the U.S.
Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which found anti-LGBTQ discrimination in employment is a form of unlawful sex discrimination. “Bostock confirmed that workplace discrimination against transgender people is contrary to law,” Martin writes. “Neither should this discrimination be tolerated in schools.