Judge blocks Elkhorn Area Schools from restricting transgender student’s access to girls’ bathroom [Video]

A federal judge blocks the Elkhorn Area School District from restricting an eighth-grade student’s use of the girls’ bathroom this fall. The preliminary ruling will allow the student to use that bathroom while the case continues and awaits its final ruling.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Jane Doe, an 8th-grade student at Elkhorn Area Middle School, by her parents. The family sued the school to make accommodations for her and for damages for “emotional distress, lost educational opportunities, pain and suffering, economic losses, and other injuries that have been caused by the Defendant’s conduct.” It states the refusal to allow the student to use the girls’ bathroom is a violation of her civil rights under Title IX.”I’m glad to see that there’s progress being made towards a growing problem with the discrimination for transgender kids like me,” said Jane Doe in a news release issued by her attorneys Thursday. …