As it upheld a St. Johns County School Board policy preventing a transgender male student from using boys’ bathrooms, a federal appeals court Friday indicated that similar reasoning could apply to disputes about banning transgender females from playing on women’s and girls’ sports teams.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a policy requiring a transgender high-school student to use a gender-neutral, single-stall bathroom or a girls bathroom did not violate his constitutional equal-protection rights.
An appeals court has ruled in favor of Nease High School, deciding that the school did not violate a students civil rights by refusing to let him use boys bathroom
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a policy requiring a transgender high-school student to use a gender-neutral, single-stall bathroom or a girls bathroom did not violate his constitutional equal-protection rights
The ruling is at odds with rulings from the 4th and 7th Circuit Courts of Appeal, increasing the likelihood that a trans bathroom rights case might head to the Supreme Court.