"Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Indiana School's Transgender Bathroom Appeal"

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an Indiana public school district's appeal to defend its policy of segregating bathrooms by sex, which prevented transgender students from using the bathrooms of the gender they identify with. The lower court had ruled that this policy violated the students' constitutional rights and federal anti-discrimination law. The case originated when the mother of a 7th-grade transgender boy won her lawsuit challenging the school district's policy, and the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order allowing bathroom access corresponding with the student's gender identity. The Supreme Court's decision not to hear the appeal comes amid a nationwide debate over transgender rights in schools.