ACLU suing Indiana district over transgender student’s bathroom request

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A federal judge could soon decide if the Martinsville school district violated a transgender student’s civil rights.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit in December on behalf of the student, who identifies as male and attends middle school in Martinsville.

The suit claims the student requested permission to use the boys’ restroom but was denied and told to use the girls’ restroom or the single restroom in the health clinic.

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