Federal Appeals Court Upholds Transphobic Bathroom Ban in Florida
A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on transgender students at a Florida high school from using restrooms that fit their gender identity.The 11th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals voted 7-4 that the St. Johns County school board didn’t violate trans student’s constitutional or federal civil rights by forcing them to use the restroom corresponding to the gender they were assigned at birth, Reuters reports.The case began after then-high schooler Drew Adams, who is a transgender man, sued the school district in 2017 after he was prohibited from using the boys’ restroom while he was a student at Allen D.
Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.The school required Adams to either use the girls’ or gender-neutral restrooms.“This aberrant ruling contradicts the decisions of every other circuit to consider the question across the country.
Transgender students deserve the same dignity and opportunity to thrive in school as all other students, and Lambda Legal’s work will not be done until that is a lived reality for every student,” Tara Borelli, senior counsel with Lambda Legal, which is representing Adams, said in a statement to several media outlets.Tim Forson, St.
