Transgender teens Juliet Evancho and Elissa Ridenour sued their school district after the school board passed a policy barring them from the girls’ bathroom. Evancho is the sister of Jackie Evancho, who sang at President Trump’s inauguration and later pleaded with him to meet with her and Juliet to discuss transgender rights. [Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students]Juliet Evancho — who is 18, two years older than her singing sister — is one of numerous transgender students across the country pressing schools on bathroom access issues. After she was barred from using the girls’ bathroom at school, Evancho joined two other transgender students in suing their Pennsylvania school district. But some parents who caught wind of the situation pressed the board to pass the restrictive bathroom policy.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2017 02:03 UTC