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Bathroom Battle Heading to the Supreme Court?

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A Virginia school board is asking the Supreme Court to decide if they must allow a transgender male student to use the men's restroom.

The move comes after President Barack Obama issued a nationwide mandate requiring all public schools to allow students to use restrooms based on their gender preference.   

This case centers on Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old transgender student in Gloucester County who was originally born a female.

Grimm wanted to use the bathroom corresponding to his new sex, but was prohibited when the school district created a policy requiring students to use restrooms corresponding to their biological gender.

When Grimm took the case to a district court, they ruled in his favor, ordering the school district to allow Grimm to use the men's restroom. 

In response, the Gloucester County School Board asked the Supreme Court Monday to make a final decision.

"For decades our nation's schools have structured their facilities and programs around the idea that in certain intimate settings men and women may be separated 'to afford members of each sex privacy form the other sex,'" the school board said in its petition.

The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Grimm from using the men's bathroom until the court decides if it will review the case. Meanwhile, Grimm will use a private bathroom until a decision is made.
 

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