The US Department of Education has ruled that an Illinois school district discriminated against a transgender student when it created a special set of rules restricting her use of the girls’ locker room.

 

This stems from a 2013 complaint brought on behalf of the student by attorneys with the ACLU. The student, who was assigned male at birth and identifies as female, uses the girls’ bathroom and plays on girls’ sports teams but was only permitted to use the girls’ locker room if she changed behind a curtain. The student has said she may continue to use the curtain, but argued that it should be her choice and not compulsory.

The Palatine, Illinois, school district now has one month to comply with the ruling or face the loss of its Title IX funding. Last year, the district received $6m in federal money.

 

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