G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Full case name | Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board |
Argued | May 26 2020 |
Decided | August 26 2020 |
Citation | 972 F.3d 586 (4th Cir. 2020) |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Floyd, joined by Wynn |
Concurrence | Wynn |
Dissent | Niemeyer |
G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board was a court case dealing with transgender rights in the United States. The case involved a transgender boy attending a Virginia high school, who sued the local school board after he was forced to use girls' restrooms based on his assigned gender under the school board's policy. While the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the student based on Obama administration policy related to Title IX protections, the election of Donald Trump changed the underlying policy. A pending hearing before the Supreme Court of the United States was vacated and the case was sent back to the Fourth Circuit.
Due to recent case law, including the Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, the Fourth Circuit ruled again in favor of the student; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case by denying certiorari in 2021, allowing the Fourth Circuit's judgment to stand.