March 29, 2019
A Chicago-area school district must face a lawsuit brought by a group of parents alleging the district's policy allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice violates Title IX protections and the group's First Amendment rights, an Illinois federal judge ruled Friday.
October 18, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday recommended against an injunction sought by a group of students and parents who filed a lawsuit after a suburban Chicago school district allowed a transgender student to use the girls' locker room, expressing doubt the lawsuit would be successful.
August 15, 2016
Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Education and a Chicago-area school district told an Illinois federal magistrate judge Monday that they don't need to use a literal reading of Title IX when deciding policies on transgender students' use of locker rooms, arguing interpretations must evolve as the times do.
June 16, 2016
A transgender student at the center of a battle over the U.S. Department of Education's policy on the use of gendered facilities was given permission Wednesday to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging her access to the female locker rooms at an Illinois' high school.
June 09, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday said he doesn't need specific evidence of privacy violations to rule on an injunction barring a U.S. Department of Education policy allowing transgender students access to locker rooms and bathrooms matching their gender identity.
May 04, 2016
A group of parents from the suburbs of Chicago sued their local school district and the U.S. Department of Education Wednesday over the district's decision to comply with a federal law allowing students who identify as female to use the girls' locker room.