Washrooms & Locker Rooms

Providing hygienic space for school and university bathrooms and locker rooms is critical to a healthful education facility.

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Minnesota Court of Appeals rules in favor of transgender student in locker-room access case

Sept. 28, 2020
The appeals panel says the Anoka-Hennepin district violated the rights of a transgender student by denying him access to the boys locker room.
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Appeals court rules against Virginia district in transgender student's bathroom case

Aug. 26, 2020
The judges found that the Gloucester County school board's refusal to let Gavin Grimm use the boy's bathroom at Gloucester County High School was unconstitutional.
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Appeals court says Florida high school must grant transgender students access to bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity

Aug. 10, 2020
A student at at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Fla., sued the St. Johns County district after being denied access to the boys washroom.
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High school under construction in Worcester, Mass., will have gender-neutral bathrooms

Nov. 25, 2019
District officials say the new South High School, set to open in 2021, will have a gender-neutral bathroom on each floor.
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Illinois district gives transgender students unrestricted access to locker rooms

Nov. 15, 2019
The decision by the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board resolves a four-year fight over transgender students' access to locker rooms

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Transgender teen sues Minnesota district over locker room access

Feb. 26, 2019
Student on swim team at Coon Rapids High School in the Anoka-Hennepin district was told he couldn't use the boys locker room.
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New Jersey issues new guidelines for schools on transgender students

Sept. 28, 2018
The rules from the state's Department of Education are an outgrowth from a 2017 state law that reinforces protections for transgender students.
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Judge refuses to block transgender policy in Illinois high school district

Jan. 3, 2018
Parents' group sought to stop policy that allows transgender students limited use of bathrooms that match their gender identity.
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New schools in Washoe County (Nev.) district will have only gender-neutral bathrooms

Oct. 13, 2017
An elementary and 2 middle schools will be built without separate bathrooms for boys and girls.