A federal appeals court in Richmond sided with Gavin Grimm, the transgender man who challenged his former high school’s bathroom policy as discriminatory.
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday, that the Gloucester County School Board violated Grimm’s rights under the Constitution’s equal-protection clause and Title IX.
The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Virginia sued the school board on behalf of Grimm, for adopting a policy requiring Grimm and other transgender students to use “alternative private” restrooms.
Grimm is now a college student. He began the legal fight five years ago as a high school sophomore, when he sought to use the boy’s restroom.
