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| − | Transgender male high school student at the centre of the controversy over bathroom segregation in the southern states. The school allowed him to use the boy's washroom until a community member filed a complaint. The case drew national attention. Grimm subsequently filed a lawsuit, | + | Transgender male high school student at the centre of the controversy over bathroom segregation in the southern states. The school allowed him to use the boy's washroom until a community member filed a complaint. The case drew national attention. Grimm subsequently filed a lawsuit. A federal court in mid-2018 rejected the school board's attempt to dismiss the case, and ordered it to arrange a settlement conference. The court eventually ruled in favour of Grimm and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2019. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[Outstanding LGBTQ Youths of 2016]] | * [[Outstanding LGBTQ Youths of 2016]] | ||
| + | * [[Transgender Activists]] | ||
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* https://www.aclu.org/cases/gg-v-gloucester-county-school-board | * https://www.aclu.org/cases/gg-v-gloucester-county-school-board | ||
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gavin-grimm-just-wanted-to-use-the-bathroom-he-didnt-think-the-nation-would-debate-it/2016/08/30/23fc9892-6a26-11e6-ba32-5a4bf5aad4fa_story.html | * https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gavin-grimm-just-wanted-to-use-the-bathroom-he-didnt-think-the-nation-would-debate-it/2016/08/30/23fc9892-6a26-11e6-ba32-5a4bf5aad4fa_story.html | ||
| + | * http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44219769 | ||
| + | * https://www.out.com/news/2019/8/09/gavin-grimm-just-won-his-case-trans-bathroom-rights | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:06, 13 August 2019
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1999 -
Occupation
Activist
Description
Transgender male high school student at the centre of the controversy over bathroom segregation in the southern states. The school allowed him to use the boy's washroom until a community member filed a complaint. The case drew national attention. Grimm subsequently filed a lawsuit. A federal court in mid-2018 rejected the school board's attempt to dismiss the case, and ordered it to arrange a settlement conference. The court eventually ruled in favour of Grimm and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2019.
See Also
Further Reading/Research
- http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/transgender-bathroom-issues-gavin-grimm/
- https://www.aclu.org/cases/gg-v-gloucester-county-school-board
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gavin-grimm-just-wanted-to-use-the-bathroom-he-didnt-think-the-nation-would-debate-it/2016/08/30/23fc9892-6a26-11e6-ba32-5a4bf5aad4fa_story.html
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44219769
- https://www.out.com/news/2019/8/09/gavin-grimm-just-won-his-case-trans-bathroom-rights
