Supreme Court Will Not Hear Major Transgender Rights Case

Gavin Grimm, a 17-year-old transgender boy, stands in front of a chainlink fence.
Image via Geoff Livingston/Flickr

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court announced that it would not be hearing the case of Gavin Grimm, who was denied the use of the boys restroom by the Gloucester County school board in Virginia. The nation’s highest court was scheduled to hear arguments in the case on March 28th. Instead the Supreme Court vacated the appeals court's ruling in favor of Grimm, directing the lower court to re-examine the case in light of a recent Trump administration action.

 

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