Legal battles over transgender rights are ongoing across the country, and at least nine states are restricting transgender students to bathrooms that match the sex they were assigned at birth.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal from an Indiana public school district.

Federal appeals courts are divided over whether school policies enforcing restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students can use violate federal law or the Constitution.

In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom. The appeal came from the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.

  • flyboy_146@lemmy.world
    471·
    11 months ago

    In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom.

    So, meanwhile, transgender individuals win. At least that’s something. 👍🏻

    With any luck, this will hold untill the rest of the nation follows suit.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      24·
      11 months ago

      Only in those circuits where the court has allowed students to use the bathroom of choice. There are several circuits that voted to deny this. Your rights now depend on where you live in the country until either the SCOTUS one days takes it up or some sort of Title IX changes force it.

      • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
        12·
        11 months ago

        With this court the country might be better off without them weighing in. Those fucks are likely to make it so the whole country has even more hostile laws.