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The justices denied review of a Fourth Circuit ruling siding with Grimm, who argued that school policies requiring transgender students to use the bathroom aligned with their biological sex violated Title IX protections against discrimination, but the rebuff did not address the case’s merits.
Gavin Grimm attends 2019 DoSomething Gala at Chelsea Piers on April 29, 2019 in New York City. (photo: Santiago Felipe / Getty)
WASHINGTON — Gavin Grimm, the transgender activist, claimed victory this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that sided against a Virginia school board’s policy barring students from using bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity.
“I am excited that after six years of fighting we finally have a resolution in this case,” Grimm told CBSN. Grimm initially filed suit in 2015, in a high-profile case that heralded a new era of advocacy for transgender “rights.”
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Did the Supreme Court Hand a Victory to Trans Student Activist Gavin Grimm?
Gavin Grimm attends 2019 DoSomething Gala at Chelsea Piers on April 29, 2019 in New York City. (photo: Santiago Felipe / Getty)
WASHINGTON — Gavin Grimm, the transgender activist, claimed victory this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that sided against a Virginia school board’s policy barring students from using bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity.
“I am excited that after six years of fighting we finally have a resolution in this case,” Grimm told CBSN. Grimm initially filed suit in 2015, in a high-profile case that heralded a new era of advocacy for transgender “rights.”
Continued below.
Did the Supreme Court Hand a Victory to Trans Student Activist Gavin Grimm?