Under that interpretation, transgender students have access to facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity, a proposition to which social conservatives strongly object. They argue that allowing transgender students to use those facilities poses a threat to the privacy and safety of other students. The Obama administration appealed the injunction and requested that it apply only to states involved in the lawsuit and not nationwide. “Transgender students are not going away, and it remains the legal and moral duty of schools to support all students.”The Obama administration evolved into an ardent defender of transgender students, suing North Carolina over a law there restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Mr. Grimm’s favor in August, pointing to the Obama guidelines on transgender students and Title IX.

Source: New York Times February 12, 2017 01:07 UTC