Pennsylvania lawsuit targets LGBT protections in public schools

Published March 7, 2025 1:07pm ET



A bid to undo anti-discrimination protections for LGBT students is underway in two western Pennsylvania public school districts.

South Side Area and Knoch school districts, several parents, and two Republican state lawmakers, Reps. Aaron Bernstine and Barbara Gleim, have sued the state, arguing that a two-year-old regulation that afforded protections for gay and transgender people oversteps what lawmakers intended and what the law allows. 

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