Supreme Court to hear high schooler's transgender bathroom case

The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it will hear a high schooler's challenge that he be allowed to use the bathroom at school that corresponds to his gender identity, not his biological sex.

Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student at a Virginia high school, initially sued the Gloucester County school district over its policy "limiting restroom use to students' biological sex," BuzzFeed News reports, but lost at the district court level before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found in his favor. Grimm's case centers on whether the school district's policy violates Title IX protection, which has been the Obama administration's position as the issue has gained prominence this year.

Grimm's case will be the Supreme Court's first consideration of transgender bathroom rules.

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