Judge sides with trans 6th grader in fight to get her school to treat her fairly

In a win for the trans community, a Wisconsin judge has ruled in favor of an 11-year-old trans girl’s right to use the girls’ restroom at school.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on an anti-trans policy at the Mukwonago Area School District – located in the conservative Milwaukee suburb of Mukwonago – which required students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their sex assigned at birth.

The 11-year-old girl and her mother sued after the school began to heavily monitor the incoming sixth graders’ bathroom usage while she took summer school classes at Mukwonago High School.

According to the judge’s ruling, the plaintiff had used the girls’ bathroom without incident since third grade when she moved to the district.

“Plaintiff will suffer significant irreparable harm without a temporary restraining order. Defendants have begun enforcing the policy against plaintiff and are currently causing her to experience emotional and mental harms.”

The judge then quoted…

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