Supreme Court Won’t Protect This Girl’s Privacy Rights Against Trans Activism In School
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the important case Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, which centered on the question of whether or not students have the privacy right to sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms. Boys were shocked to find a girl changing with them and teenage girl Alexis Lightcap was terrified to a find a boy in her restroom. These violations of privacy were justified in the name of transgender inclusion. While the Supreme Court did not take up Lightcap’s case, it may consider similar ones coming down the pike.
“Students struggling with their beliefs about gender need compassionate support, but sound reasons based on common sense have always existed for schools to separate male and female teenagers in showers, restrooms, and locker rooms,” John Bursch, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, the firm representing Lightcap, said in a statement. “No student’s recognized right to bodily privacy should be made contingent on what other students believe about their own gender.”
The Boyertown Area School District secretly implemented the pro-transgender policy during the 2016-2017 school year. Boys discovered a girl changing in their locker room. Embarrassed and confused, they sought help from school officials, who told them they should just “tolerate it” and “make it as natural as possible.” One of the male students left the school as a result of the policy. Lightcap encountered a boy in her restroom. Shocked and afraid, she fled the restroom, but school officials rejected her privacy concerns.
The lawsuit, Doe v. Boyertown, argues the school is violating its students’ fundamental right to bodily privacy under the Constitution and effectively denying them access to locker room and restroom facilities on the basis of sex under Title IX.
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the school, and ADF had appealed the case to the Supreme Court. (Read more from “Supreme Court Won’t Protect This Girl’s Privacy Rights Against Trans Activism” HERE)
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