Court rules that transgender students must be allowed to use the facilities of their gender

A court in Minnesota has ruled in favor of a transgender boy who sued his school district after being forced to use an “enhanced privacy locker room” instead of the locker room that his peers were using.

“I never want any student to experience the discrimination and cruelty I experienced from the adults at my school,” said N.H., the student who sued. “It means a lot to see that courts protect transgender students like me. Today’s decision makes it very clear that segregating trans students doesn’t just dehumanize us, it violates our legal rights.”

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Early last year, a student identified only as N.H. in court documents sued the Anoka-Hennepin School District, the teen’s former school district. He was told that he would not be allowed to use the boys’ locker room when participating in the swim team, after months of being allowed to use the boys’ locker room with no incidents or complaints.

N.H. and his mother said that the sudden decree in 2016 upended the student’s life. Before school board decided to refuse him access to the boys’ locker room, he had been accepted by his classmates. He was happy and health.

However, N.H. would be hospitalized following a series of mental health crises. Although the school board decided to temporarily reverse its ruling to allow him to finish out the season, it was too late. He was no longer able to compete.

The school district’s policy is…

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