CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago says he won’t force a suburban school district to suspend a policy that enables transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice.
Judge Jorge Alonso’s recent refusal to impose a preliminary injunction is a major legal blow for more than 50 families who sued in 2016 in hopes of getting the Palatine Township High School District 211 to end the policy for good.
Alonso said in a 15-page opinion that anti-discrimination statutes do extend to students whose gender identity isn’t conventional.
The ruling doesn’t technically mean the families have lost the civil case. But it strongly suggests the judge doesn’t believe it has merit.
- Posted January 04, 2018
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Judge refuses to order school to suspend transgender policy
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