They argue that denying him the right to use a boys’ restroom violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which ban sex discrimination for federally-funded schools.
“Forcing me to use a separate restroom … makes it clear to me that the school district sees me as a lesser person,” Adams, now 16, told the Washington Post.
The lawsuit was filed in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida by Lambda Legal.
This is not the first lawsuit to be filed over transgender school bathroom use.
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