IT WAS set to be the biggest Supreme Court case of the term: a transgender boy’s legal battle to use the boy’s bathroom at his school. But on March 6th, the justices called off an oral argument that had been set for March 28th in the case of Gloucester County v GG. In lieu of a decision on whether Gavin Grimm, a Virginia high-school student, has a right to use the bathroom that matches his gender identity, the Supreme Court issued a dry, technical one-sentence order: “The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit for further consideration in light of the guidance document issued by the Department of Education and Department of Justice on February 22, 2017.”
Mr Grimm’s story began in his first year of high school. Biologically a girl but feeling like a boy, Gavin struggled to concentrate at school. After being diagnosed as gender dysphoric, he began living as a boy and the school made accommodations for him, including permission to use the boy’s bathroom. This arrangement worked well—and peers were supportive—until some parents objected and the school board intervened, mandating that “male...Continue reading
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