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USA Today reports:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide if schools can bar transgender students from using a bathroom that reflects their gender identity, leaving in place a lower court ruling that allowed a transgender middle school boy in Indiana to use the boys’ bathroom.
The case arrived at the Supreme Court against the backdrop of a shifting legal landscape over transgender issues in schools, including disputes that have played out over sports teams and the use of pronouns by teachers.
The decision to deny the case represented a victory for LGBTQ+ advocates. The Supreme Court has denied similar cases in the past. In 2021, the high court chose not to review a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit involving a transgender boy named Gavin Grimm.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Indiana school’s transgender bathroom case https://t.co/CSrEV2HCMa
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) January 16, 2024
BREAKING: The Supreme Court declined to review a federal court ruling in favor of a transgender student challenging a discriminatory restroom policy at an Indiana public school.
A lower court’s ruling remains in place requiring the school to treat trans students equally.
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 16, 2024
In a somewhat surprising but wonderful piece of news for many states, the Supreme Court has denied cert on Indiana’s bathroom ban case.
This means that bathroom rights will be likely protected in several states for trans people in the next few months. https://t.co/4zPJP8BFCg
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) January 16, 2024