Officials in eleven states – Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin – have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its directive to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

The federal guidance cites Title IX, the law that prohibits discrimination based on sex, and directs public schools to embrace transgender students by allowing them to participate fully and use the facilities that match the gender they live every day.

The lawsuit reads, in part, “[The Obama administration has] conspired to turn workplaces and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the democratic process, and running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights.”

In response to the lawsuit, Rebecca Isaacs, Executive Director of the Equality Federation, said, “The federal guidance protects transgender youth, removing barriers in their path to success. The misinformation being spread by politicians in these eleven states is fear-based and endangers the welfare of our youngest and most vulnerable community members who simply want to go to school and participate fully. We will be monitoring this situation closely and will support our member organizations in these states as they confront this lawsuit head-on.”

Help the Equality Federation thank the Obama Administration for their unwavering support of transgender students.

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