Appeals Court Upholds Florida School’s Policy of Basing Restroom Access on Biological Sex
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida school district’s policy requiring students to use the bathroom associated with their biological sex does not discriminate against transgender students.
The decision settles a lawsuit brought by Drew Adams, a transgender student, who was denied access to the boys’ bathrooms as a 16-year-old at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach.
The U.S. 11th District Court of Appeals found on Dec. 30 that the school’s policy, which identifies a student’s sex based on that assigned at birth, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment or federal law barring sex-based discrimination in any school receiving federal funds….