WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will not consider an appeal of a lower-court ruling that biologically-female former student Gavin Grimm had a constitutional right to use male restrooms at Virginia’s Gloucester High School, leaving in place a victory for “transgender” redefinition of federal nondiscrimination rules.
Grimm, who claims to be male, is a graduate of Gloucester who rose to prominence after challenging the school’s restroom policy starting in 2014. The Gloucester County School Board originally attempted to accommodate her request by letting her use a private restroom, but Grimm demanded access to the same restrooms used by male students.
District Judge Arenda Wright Allen sided with Grimm in May 2018, ruling that the policy “classified Mr. [sic] Grimm differently on the basis of his [sic] transgender status and, accordingly, subjected him [sic] to sex stereotyping.” The board appealed, but Allen again rejected the school board’s argument that gender is a physical reality rather than a social construct. The board appealed the case to the Fourth Circuit in September 2019, a panel of which sided with Grimm last April.
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