Bloomberg Law
June 23, 2020, 3:02 PM UTC

School Bathroom, Sports Battles Loom After Supreme Court Ruling

Andrew Kreighbaum
Andrew Kreighbaum
Reporter
Erin Mulvaney
Erin Mulvaney
Reporter

Transgender students stand to gain leverage in lawsuits over access to bathrooms and participation in school sports following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on LGBT workers’ rights. The decision raises the stakes for the Trump administration, which faces growing pressure to revamp its guidance to colleges and K-12 schools.

“It signals that schools, just like employers, have to ensure the fair treatment of LGBT people, including students and employees,” said Adele Kimmel, a senior attorney at Public Justice, a nonprofit advocacy group.

The high court ruled June 15 that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protections for ...

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