{"id":26991,"date":"2020-08-12T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26991"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T16:09:25","slug":"florida-student-regains-bathroom-access-in-major-win-for-transgender-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2020\/08\/florida-student-regains-bathroom-access-in-major-win-for-transgender-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida student regains bathroom access in major win for transgender rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DrewAdams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26992\" width=\"1129\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DrewAdams.jpg 640w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DrewAdams-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal appeals court delivered a major victory in transgender rights by ruling a Florida high school violated the law by refusing to allow transgender student Andrew Cody Adams to use the restroom consistent with his gender identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision relies heavily on the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which found anti-LGBTQ discrimination in employment is a form of unlawful sex discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams, now 19 and a former student at Allen D. Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Fla., said in a statement he\u2019s \u201cvery happy to see justice prevail, after spending almost my entire high school career fighting for equal treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHigh school is hard enough without having your school separate you from your peers and mark you as inferior,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI hope this decision helps save other transgender students from having to go through that painful and humiliating experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tara Borelli, counsel at the LGBTQ legal group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdalegal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lambda Legal (opens in a new tab)\">Lambda Legal<\/a>, which represents Adams, said in a statement the court<strong>&nbsp;\u201c<\/strong>sent a clear message that schools must treat transgender students with the same dignity and respect as any other student.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe trial court was correct when it ruled that the law requires that Drew Adams be treated like every other boy and be allowed to use the boys\u2019 restroom,\u201d Borelli said. \u201cWe are glad the court saw the school board\u2019s policy as unjust and discriminatory, and affirmed the inherent dignity of transgender students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Washington Blade (opens in a new tab)\">Washington Blade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal appeals court delivered a major victory in transgender rights by ruling a Florida high school violated the law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14327],"tags":[14372],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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