Virginia School Board Pays Trans Former Student $1.3 Million in Bathroom Policy Settlement
Virginia’s Gloucester Country School Board is paying 1.3 million in a settlement with a trans former student who was upset that they couldn’t use the bathroom that corresponded with their “gender identity.”
Gavin Grimm, who was born a biological female, was told in 2014 that they could not use the boys bathroom at school.
After sparking outrage from liberals with a media blitz, Grimm was permitted to use a separate bathroom — but they claimed in a lawsuit the next year that it was “alienating” and “humiliating.”
Grimm, who is represented by the ACLU and ACLU of Virginia, filed the lawsuit as a sophomore at Gloucester County High School in June 2015.
“Rather than allow a child equal access to a safe school environment,
