Virginia school board: Court should delay transgender case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Virginia school board that wants to keep a transgender teen from using the boys' restroom at his high school is calling on the Supreme Court to delay consideration of the case to allow the Trump administration to weigh in.

The court filings were prompted by the administration's decision last week to withdraw an Obama administration directive to schools across the country that children should be allowed to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.

In a pending case, a federal magistrate has recommended denial of a request by a group of parents to bar a transgender student from full access to the girls' restrooms and locker rooms at a high school in the Chicago suburb of Palatine.

In a pending case, the ACLU is representing three transgender plaintiffs challenging House Bill 2, the North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use restrooms in schools and many other public buildings that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate, not their gender identity.

—Pennsylvania: A federal judge ruled Feb. 27 that three transgender students at a Pittsburgh-area high school, including the sister of a singer who performed at Trump's inauguration, can use bathrooms that correspond to their stated gender identities while their lawsuit challenging the school district's policy continues

Along with 12 other states, Texas filed a lawsuit last year challenging an Obama administration directive advising public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.