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The case of Gavin Grimm: Judge rules transgender bathroom restrictions unconstitutional

By Brad Polumbo
Published August 13, 2019 5:17pm ET
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The case of Gavin Grimm: Judge rules transgender bathroom restrictions unconstitutional
Transgender high school student Gavin Grimm poses in front of his home in Gloucester, Va., Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. A Virginia school board is expected on Monday to formally ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case brought by a transgender teen who wants to use the boys restroom at school. | (Steve Helber/AP)

Is the men’s room unconstitutional? According to U.S. District Court Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen, it is.

In a decision handed down Friday, she ruled that the Gloucester County School Board’s policy segregating school bathrooms by “biological gender” violated both Title IX of the Civil Rights Act and the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

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