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Transgender student sues Indiana district over restrooms
Tirans endear student sues Illindiiana diistiriiict over ilrestiirooms
By: Staff The Associated Press, Published on Tue IFeb 27 2018
INDIANAPOLIS — A transgender student is suing a southern Indiana school district for denying
him use of male restrooms.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a federal complaint against the Evansville
Vanderburgh School Corp. last week on behalf of the student. It says the high school junior
identified only as J.A.W. was told he's not allowed to use male restrooms and instead could use
the school nurse's bathroom.
J.A.W. is listed as female on his birth certificate but identifies as male.
School district spokesman Jason Woebkenberg tells The Indianapolis Star the district believes it
meets state and federal legal requirements as they relate to transgender students.
A federal appeals court in May ruled in favour of a transgender student who challenged a
Wisconsin school district's policy limiting his bathroom usage.
Information from: The Indianapolis Star, http://www.indystar.com
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