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Transgender Teen Awarded $75,000 in School Restroom Lawsuit
Transgender Teen Awarded $75,000 in School Restroom Lawsuit
Case was brought when a Maine school district forced the student to use a staff restroom
A court in Maine awarded the family of a transgender teenager $75,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against a school district that forced the student to use a staff restroom rather than a facility reserved for pupils, reports the Associated Press.
Nicole Maines, 17, had won her lawsuit against the Orono school district earlier this year in front of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled that the school district had violated the state’s Human Rights Act.
The case marked the first time a state’s highest court ruled that a transgender person has the right to use the restroom of the gender with which they identify.
Transgender Teen Awarded $75,000 in School Restroom Lawsuit