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    April 13, 2023

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    Gender-inclusive bathroom signs in Chicago schools draw backlash from parents

    Dec. 15, 2021
    District officials say the signage aligns with federal guidance affirming the rights of transgender students.
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    Keeping restrooms clean after Covid

    April 2, 2021
    School wellness policies should include guidance about safe and clean restrooms.
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    Minnesota Court of Appeals rules in favor of transgender student in locker-room access case

    Sept. 28, 2020
    The appeals panel says the Anoka-Hennepin district violated the rights of a transgender student by denying him access to the boys locker room.
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    Appeals court rules against Virginia district in transgender student's bathroom case

    Aug. 26, 2020
    The judges found that the Gloucester County school board's refusal to let Gavin Grimm use the boy's bathroom at Gloucester County High School was unconstitutional.
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    Appeals court says Florida high school must grant transgender students access to bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity

    Aug. 10, 2020
    A student at at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Fla., sued the St. Johns County district after being denied access to the boys washroom.

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    A federal agency says High School District 211 in Palatine Ill has violated antidiscrimination laws by denying unrestricted locker room access to a transgender student who identifies as female

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    April 16, 2019
    Parents group decides to end its legal challenge of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 over a transgender student's limited access to a girls locker room.
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    State of Minnesota intervenes in transgender suit against Anoka-Hennepin district

    March 26, 2019
    Student at Coon Rapids High was denied access to boys' locker room and told he had to dress in an area no other student used.
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    Transgender teen sues Minnesota district over locker room access

    Feb. 26, 2019
    Student on swim team at Coon Rapids High School in the Anoka-Hennepin district was told he couldn't use the boys locker room.
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    New Jersey issues new guidelines for schools on transgender students

    Sept. 28, 2018
    The rules from the state's Department of Education are an outgrowth from a 2017 state law that reinforces protections for transgender students.