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News Sep 19, 2016

ACLU Seeks Intervention in Lawsuit Targeting Anti-Discrimination Protections for Transgender People and Women

ACLU seeks intervention in lawsuit targeting anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and women FORT WORTH, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Friday filed a motion to intervene in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities from discriminating based on race, national origin, sex, age, or disability. The lawsuit, …

News Sep 12, 2016

Virginia Community Reacts to Lawsuit Against the Virginia School District

Several students and parents from Virginia High School are suing the district over transgender locker room policies. According to court documents, several families calling themselves Privacy Matters is suing for what they call inappropriate behavior by a transgender student in the girls locker room. The lawsuit that has been brought forward against the Virginia school district …

News Sep 12, 2016

New Lawsuit Demonizes Transgender Girl for Acting Like a Girl

The anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed yet another lawsuit against a high school on behalf of some anonymous plaintiffs for respecting the needs of a transgender student. The suit against Virginia High School in Virginia, Minnesota makes the same legal arguments as nearly identical suits filed in Illinois and North Carolina, but stands out for the way it demonizes the …

Lawsuits Sep 10, 2016

Group of MN Students, Parents Files Lawsuit Over Trans Student in Girls Locker Room

A group of female students and their parents is suing the Virginia School District in Minnesota, saying the schools’ compliance with federal transgender locker room use laws led to serious distress. The federal lawsuit comes from Alliance Defending Freedom, on behalf of the group of students and parents (which has dubbed itself Privacy Matters). The complaint was posted online – you can read it …

News Aug 16, 2016

Judge Doesn’t Rule in Texas’ Lawsuit Over Transgender Protections

Despite the state’s request for an expedited ruling, a federal judge took no action Friday on a request to block the Obama administration’s guidelines to accommodate transgender students. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor did not issue a ruling from the bench after an almost two-hour-long hearing during which state attorneys — as part of a Texas-led, 13-state effort to block …

News Jul 29, 2016

Lawsuit Against UIL Threatened Over Traditional Gender Team Rules

Gay rights groups are warning that if the governing body for Texas high school athletics continues to hold firm on their rules regarding transgender students, they’re opening the state up to a lawsuit. An informal policy by the University Interscholastic League, which requires student athletes to play on the team that corresponds to their birth certificate, is poised to become official on August 1. Attorney Paul Castillo with the Texas office of the LGBT rights group Lambda Legal, says …

Lawsuits, News May 26, 2016

Georgia Joins Lawsuit Over Transgender Students and Bathrooms

Georgia has joined other states in a lawsuit against the recent federal directive about transgender students in public bathrooms and locker rooms. The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.. The challenge comes in response to a federal “guidance” to U.S. schools this month to let transgender …

Lawsuits May 26, 2016

Tenn. Joins Lawsuit Over Federal Transgender Directive

Tennessee is one of 11 states that filed federal suit Wednesday against the Obama administration over recent guidance issued regarding which bathrooms transgender students may use. The states filing suit argue the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education are usurping local control and trying to create a national social experiment by telling districts to allow transgender …

Lawsuits May 26, 2016

Texas Leading Lawsuit to Stop Obama Transgender Directive

Texas joined by 10 other states, filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop a federal directive instructing school districts to let transgender students use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday. Calling the Obama administration directive “outside the bounds of the …