Supreme Court may be forced to consider transgender bathroom bans

All Gender Bathroom at Exiles Bar, Washington, DC
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The Supreme Court may be forced to consider whether transgender people have the right to use public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity following a lower court decision.

Last month, a federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that Drew Adams, a transgender boy, is not entitled to use the boys’ bathroom at his public high school in Florida. As the New York Times reports, the decision came down to a 7-to-4 vote, with all seven of the court’s Republican-appointed judges voting in the majority and the four Democrat-appointed judges dissenting.

That decision conflicts with previous appeals court rulings in 2017 and 2020. In the 2017 case, the federal appeals court in Chicago ruled in favor of a transgender boy. In 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm, whose Virginia high school banned him from using the boys’ restroom. In 2021, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in Grimm’s case. But if…

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