{"id":81086,"date":"2017-05-24T03:28:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81086"},"modified":"2017-05-23T21:21:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T01:21:08","slug":"schneiderman-leads-coalition-of-18-ags-in-support-of-transgender-student-discriminated-against-by-school-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81086","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman leads coalition of 18 AGs in support of transgender student discriminated against by school district"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Attorneys General File Brief In G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, Which Will Be Heard By Fourth Circuit<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in filing\u00a0an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in support of a transgender student named Gavin Grimm,\u00a0who is suing the Gloucester County School Board for discrimination.<\/p>\n

In March, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which will hear the case and determine whether the Gloucester County School Board\u2019s policy prohibiting transgender boys and girls from using restrooms that other boys and girls use discriminates against transgender students on the basis of sex, in violation of Title IX.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo student \u2013 no matter how they identify \u2013 should have to worry about discrimination or bullying when at school,\u201d said Attorney General Schneiderman. \u201cSchool districts have a basic responsibility to protect their students \u2013 and that includes providing transgender students access to the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Attorneys General argue in the amicus brief that ensuring the civil rights of transgender people \u2013 including by allowing them access to the restrooms consistent with their gender identity \u2013 benefits all, while creating no public safety or personal privacy threat and imposing no meaningful financial burden. Moreover, the Attorneys General argue, the Gloucester County School Board\u2019s policy violates Title IX by denying transgender boys and girls access to the same common restrooms other boys and girls may use \u2013 and therefore discriminating on the basis of sex.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf entities receiving Title IX funds are allowed to discriminate in this way, transgender people will be denied equality in defendant\u2019s schools and in many other places. The amici States have important interests in ensuring that their transgender populations do not experience indignity and discrimination when they travel to other States,\u201d the Attorneys General write.<\/p>\n

The amicus brief, filed last night, was authored by Attorney General Schneiderman and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, and signed by a total of 18 Attorneys General: New York, Washington, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai\u2018i, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n

Read the brief here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The amicus brief follows other steps taken to protect the civil rights of transgender individuals \u2013 including guidance issued by Attorney General Schneiderman and the New York State Education Department,<\/a> making clear that they will use all the existing tools of federal, state, and local law to ensure transgender students are provided equal access in their schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attorneys General File Brief In G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, Which Will Be Heard By Fourth Circuit New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in filing\u00a0an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in support of a transgender student named Gavin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-l5Q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Attorny_General_Eric_T_Schneiderman.jpg?fit=260%2C221&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}