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Justice Dept.: Transgender students can use bathrooms that match their gender identity
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | june 30, 2015 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 07/01/2015 2:40:35 PM PDT by lowbridge

The Department of Justice argued in a brief to a federal court on Monday that transgender high school students should be able to use school restrooms that match up with their gender identity, and can't be forced by the school to use the restroom that matches up with their physical characteristics.

It's the first time the federal government has tried to make the case for this transgender right in a courtroom.

Justice's Civil Rights Division filed the brief on behalf of Gavin Grimm, a Virginia high school student who identifies as a boy, even though Grimm was born female.

"He was assigned the female sex at birth, but his gender identity is male and he presents as a boy in all aspects of his life," Justice wrote in its argument to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Grimm was allowed to use the boys' restroom for seven weeks, until Gloucester County Public Schools imposed a policy that barred Grimm from the boys' room. The school made that policy because Grimm is not "biologically male."

But Justice said Title IX of the Education Amendments, a law aimed at ending sexual discrimination, holds that the school's policy change is illegal.

"Under Title IX, discrimination based on a person's gender identity, a person's transgender status, or a person's nonconformity to sex stereotypes constitutes discrimination based on sex," Justice wrote. "As such, prohibiting a student from accessing the restrooms that match his gender identity is prohibited sex discrimination under Title IX."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arth; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; obamanation
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To: martinidon

Pandering to Perverts (PtP). That’s the ticket. What a country.


81 posted on 07/01/2015 3:51:07 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Tax-chick

My mother didn’t smoke. She drank coffee, popped Wrigley’s gum, and/or ate yucky candy that she knew her children wouldn’t steal. (some maple nut candy or candy-coated almonds) Her coffee consumption is why I think she must have snuck in a restroom break. But she was a tough one. Her bladder was made strong by her daddy’s driving habits. My uncles and aunt used to say their daddy made them use a hole in the floor board of their car if they had to potty. But that might be one of those up hill both ways stories. Hah


82 posted on 07/01/2015 3:55:54 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

My dad would bring a thermos of coffee in the car. Of course, it’s easier for guys to whiz by the side of the road than for girls ...

We moved across the country several times. I remember endless days across the desert, listening to the Watergate hearings on the radio. Mom never forgave President Nixon for being so stupid.


83 posted on 07/01/2015 4:00:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: jsanders2001
Parents of other students need to start filing lawsuits like crazy.

They will lose. Remember that the "Justice" department is now all about injustice.

84 posted on 07/01/2015 4:03:34 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: metmom; wintertime; JenB; Tired of Taxes

Metmom, for years I’ve been looking for the best reason to homeschool of them all. Have I found it here?


85 posted on 07/01/2015 4:07:10 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
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To: Clintonfatigued

If you have six boys and four girls in your homeschool, you have co-ed bathrooms.


86 posted on 07/01/2015 4:09:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: Tennessee Nana

http://www.biorelief.com/portable-toilets/lady-j-female-urinary-adapter.html

Lady travelers/pilots in small planes on long trips sometimes use these.


87 posted on 07/01/2015 4:17:37 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: madprof98

> Parents of other students need to start filing lawsuits like crazy.
They will lose. Remember that the “Justice” department is now all about injustice.

I don’t think lawsuits will fix the problem the Obamanauts have brought and wrought upon us.


88 posted on 07/01/2015 4:36:10 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Clintonfatigued

Another interesting case to watch.

It’s probably going to happen eventually. Even if the federal court rules against the plaintiff in this case, she’ll probably take it all the way to the USSC. And we all know how the majority there will rule.


89 posted on 07/01/2015 5:00:28 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Clintonfatigued; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; aberaussie; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; agrace; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the “other” articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

God only knows. There's been a definite change in the trend of arth articles. It's getting progressively more extreme.

If this is the worst, it's only going to be for a while.

90 posted on 07/01/2015 5:19:44 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Lol, yes


91 posted on 07/01/2015 5:38:47 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jim Robinson

They make devices now, so girls can stand and pee.


92 posted on 07/01/2015 8:53:01 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: lowbridge

I don’t care what they want to call themselves. But bathrooms and locker rooms should be by anatomy. Plugs in one room, Sockets in another. So to speak. Maybe even use those visuals as universal signs for the doors. Gotta plug? You go here, whether you wear a dress and call yourself kaitlen or coatrack.


93 posted on 07/01/2015 9:42:16 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Cruz2Victory!)
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To: Tax-chick
And take the communal shower in the boys locker room?

When I was in high school (60s)the boys showers were one big tiled area with about 10+ shower heads. No individual stalls or panels of any kind.
Apparently the girls had a more modest setup.

94 posted on 07/02/2015 4:18:51 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Vinnie

I wonder what it’s like today.


95 posted on 07/02/2015 4:20:45 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: Tax-chick
I don’t ever go into men’s bathrooms in public places. I have only my experience at home to go on.

Ha ...ha ...ha !! Can't argue with that !! :)

96 posted on 07/02/2015 4:54:48 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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To: Dartman

Husband plus six sons.


97 posted on 07/02/2015 4:55:42 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: metmom

can you add me to your homeschool ping list.


98 posted on 07/03/2015 5:42:45 PM PDT by Coleus (For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Well, really, a woman can stand up and pee.

It just isn’t going to end well.


99 posted on 07/03/2015 7:24:10 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: jsanders2001

More like the chocolate-coated rainbow pill.


100 posted on 07/04/2015 9:57:56 AM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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