PhotoWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear a major case on transgender rights after all, acting after the Trump administration changed the federal government’s position on whether public schools had to allow transgender youths to use bathrooms that matched their gender identities. In a one-sentence order, the Supreme Court vacated an appeal’s court decision in favor of a transgender boy, Gavin Grimm, and sent the case back for further consideration in light of the new guidance from the Trump administration. The Teenaged Transgender Population The estimated share of teenagers aged 13 to 17 who would identify as transgender if asked. It would have been the court’s first encounter with transgender rights, and there was a good chance the case would have been one of a fairly sleepy term’s biggest decisions. The question in the case was whether Mr. Grimm could use the boys’ bathroom in a Virginia high school.

Source: New York Times March 06, 2017 14:47 UTC