Gavin Grimm

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a court case over a transgender student’s fight to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school, upholding a lower court’s finding that treating transgender students differently violates federal law banning sex discrimination in schools.

The Supreme Court declined to consider overturning rulings for transgender student Gavin Grimm in a case involving bathrooms.

A Virginia school board is defending its policy of blocking transgender students from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity