Indianapolis (AP) – A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday ordering Central Indiana High School to allow a transgender student to go to the men’s restroom.
An order issued by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt requires that John R. Woodden High School allow a child in seventh grade, identified only as an AC, to have access to the bathroom while the trial is underway. carried out.
Pratt cited Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendment. Title IX protects people from gender discrimination in educational programs or activities that receive federal financial aid.
“The vast majority of federal courts – including the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals – have only examined allegations of discrimination against transgender education under Title IX and have ruled that a ban on transgender students from using the bathroom of the school is consistent with the gender equality of the students.. “This court agrees,” Pratt wrote in its decision.
Circle 7 discusses Indiana’s federal appeals.
The American Civil Liberties Union Indiana and Indiana Legal Services filed a lawsuit in December 2021 against the Martinsville Metropolitan School District on behalf of a transgender student.
“The law is clear: transgender students are denied the right to adequate restrooms, there is discrimination,” said Steve Pactor, an attorney at ACLU Indiana. “We hope public schools and legislators will consider and address future challenges by treating all students equally.”
“We are pleased that with this mandate our client will have the same opportunities as his or her colleagues to learn, thrive and succeed in school,” said Megan Stewart, Indiana Attorney of Legal Services. “Her concern should be about things like homework and friendships, not whether she can use the bathroom.
The message left a request for comment in the Martinsville Metropolitan School District.
Source: Huffpost
