Supreme Court declined today to hear a case that would decide whether schools must allow students to use the bathroom that match their gender identities, leaving in place a lower court’s ruling in a victory for transgender rights. Gavin Grimm was a student who was denied the right to use the boys’ restroom by the Virginia school board.
Last August, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that the school board had practiced sex-based discrimination and violated Grimm’s 14th Amendment rights by prohibiting him from using the boys’ restroom.NEW: Gavin Grimm wins case over transgender student bathroom rights as Supreme Court rejects school board appeal.