Ruling allows teen into boys restroom

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia school board must allow a transgender teen to use the boys restroom while the court considers the legal issues of his case, a federal district judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Robert Doumar's order directs the Gloucester County School Board to let Gavin Grimm use the bathroom that corresponds to his gender identity when he returns for his senior year this fall.

Grimm said Thursday that he's elated to be able to attend his last year of high school with his "full rights restored."

"After nearly two years of humiliation and intense struggle, equality has finally prevailed," Grimm said in a statement.

The order comes after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in April that the School Board's policy barring Grimm from using the boys restroom violated Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination in schools.

The School Board has said it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the appeals court decision, arguing that it imperils the privacy rights of all students.

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