Those memos said that prohibiting transgender students from using facilities that align with their gender identity violates federal anti-discrimination laws. Sessions is widely known to oppose expanding gay and transgender rights, and DeVos’s friends say she personally supports those rights. Amber Briggle, the mother of a 9-year-old transgender boy in Denton, Tex., said she views the Trump administration’s position as a temporary setback and hopes that the Supreme Court will affirm transgender students’ rights. “I just don’t think my family matters to the Trump administration,” she said. Fifteen states have explicit protections for transgender students, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group; lawmakers in several other states are working to restrict bathroom access for transgender students.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 00:24 UTC