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Virginia school board to seek review (by Supreme Court) of transgender ruling
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Jun 7, 2016 5:00pm EDT
Virginia school board to seek review of transgender ruling
A Virginia school board will ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that gave a transgender high school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity, the panel said on Tuesday.
The case has been closely-watched in the national bathroom wars between transgender rights activists and social conservatives.
The Gloucester County School Board's decision came after the full U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last month refused to review an April decision by a three-judge panel in favor of the transgender student, Gavin Grimm.
The school board said in a statement that its solution of single-stall unisex bathrooms was a practical answer to the issue.
"As such, the School Board intends to file a petition with the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari," it said.
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Virginia school board to seek review of transgender ruling
A Virginia school board will ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that gave a transgender high school student access to the bathroom of his gender identity, the panel said on Tuesday.
The case has been closely-watched in the national bathroom wars between transgender rights activists and social conservatives.
The Gloucester County School Board's decision came after the full U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last month refused to review an April decision by a three-judge panel in favor of the transgender student, Gavin Grimm.
The school board said in a statement that its solution of single-stall unisex bathrooms was a practical answer to the issue.
"As such, the School Board intends to file a petition with the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari," it said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-lgbt-idUSKCN0YT2L2