A federal appeals court on Wednesday tossed out a Virginia school board’s policy on transgender bathroom use, saying it unconstitutionally discriminated against a male transgender high school student who was banned from using the restroom of his choice and handing a major win to the LGBT community. The ruling in the lawsuit against Virginia’s Gloucester County by student Gavin Grimm comes on the heels of a June Supreme Court decision banning job discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. “At the heart of this appeal is whether equal protection and Title IX can protect transgender students from school bathroom policies that prohibit them from affirming their gender,” the 4th Circuit U-S Court of Appeals said in its ruling. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPGrimm's lawsuit has been used as a federal test about discriminatory policies against transgender students and may set a precedent for similar cases in the future. The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Grimm, celebrated the federal appeals court ruling, saying it “will continue to fight until all trans and nonbinary people are free to be who we are in school.”“A federal appeals court has again ruled in favor of our client Gavin Grimm, whose high school discriminated against him for being trans,” the ACLU tweeted.

Source: Fox News August 26, 2020 20:15 UTC