Last week a Texas federal judge ruled federal officials are temporarily barred from enforcing students’ rights with regard to school restroom and locker room use under the federal Title IX law. The next day, the U.S. Justice Department filed a notice of appeal in the case.
On Tuesday, a federal court in Illinois joined many others in ruling that the federal Title IX sex discrimination law protects transgender students, and said that respecting transgender students when it comes to restrooms doesn’t infringe other students’ rights. The court rejected a request by an anonymous group of students and parents that it immediately halt a Chicago-area school district’s policy of permitting students to use locker rooms and restrooms that match their gender identity.
