School board to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to ACLU in trans student case

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The school board in Gloucester County, Virginia, has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union $1.3 million in legal fees for representing Gavin Grimm during a legal battle over transgender bathroom rights at school, the ACLU said in a news release.

The six-year lawsuit was the result of a"discriminatory restroom policy for transgender students" that"violates Title IX and the Constitution," the release said.Federal appeals court sides with student in Virginia transgender bathroom case"Gavin simply wanted the same rights, dignity and respect as his classmates, yet the school board fought against him every step of the way," Eden Heilman, legal director of the Virginia ACLU, told CNN.

"Read MoreUS Supreme Court ruled in JuneSupreme Court gives victory to transgender student who sued to use bathroomGrimm filed suit against the school board in 2015, when he was a high school sophomore, arguing that the school's policy violated Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. Grimm, a transgender male, said the school system denied him access to the boys bathroom.In August 2020, a federal appeals court ruled in Grimm's favor.

 

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