A jury in Missouri awarded transgender student, RJ Appleberry, $4 million in damages on December 13, after a school district refused to let him use male washrooms and locker rooms.
The Jackson County Jury also awarded him $175,000 in compensatory damages. Madeline Johnson, one of the first openly transgender attorneys in Missouri, and a lawyer for the Appleberry, said her client was “ecstatic” over the unanimous ruling. “He was very excited, very happy,” Johnson said.