I remember when people used to laugh when “Bosom Buddies, Just one of the Guys or even Tootsie” were a big hit because it was comedy to mock crossdressing but damn if they weren’t disgusted when they saw “Boys Don’t Cry” because that sh*t ain’t real- PB/TK
A federal appeals court just reached a huge decision for transgender rights. Seriously, it’s big. – By German Lopez / May 30 2017
A single student’s case has turned into a massive legal decision for all transgender Americans.
On Tuesday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin violated the rights of a trans student, Ash Whitaker, when it refused to let him use the boys’ bathroom.
According to the court, Whitaker is likely to win upon a full review of the case (instead of the current review of a lower court’s preliminary injunction) on his claim that the school’s actions violated Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination in schools based on sex, and the Equal Protections Clause of the 14th Amendment. So it upheld a lower court’s injunction forcing the school to let Whitaker use the bathroom that aligns with his gender identity.
In the decision, a three-judge panel from the Seventh Circuit Court concluded that the school district “has failed to provide any evidence of how the preliminary injunction will harm it, or any of its students or parents” — a rebuke of the prevalent myth that letting trans people use the bathroom for their gender identity will hurt others.
Continue to vox.com article: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/5/30/15714642/seventh-circuit-transgender-school-bathroom-ash-whitaker
