A federal appeals court ruled a Florida school district can require that students use bathrooms according to their biological sex, rejecting a legal challenge by a transgender student and teeing up the issue for potential review by the Supreme Court
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Dissenting judges said Florida transgender student Andrew Adams was discriminated against on the basis of sex by being forced to use a bathroom that didn’t conform with his identity. Tara Borelli, a lawyer with Lambda Legal, which represents Mr. Adams, said, “This is an aberrant ruling that contradicts the rulings of every other circuit to consider the question across the country.”In recent years, the federal courts have generally affirmed the rights of transgender students to use a bathroom consistent with their gender identity. The Chicago-based Seventh Circuit and the Richmond, Va.
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