In 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance about discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Two Texas-based doctors filed a lawsuit challenging that guidance, arguing that healthcare providers can lawfully discriminate against LGBTQ patients, so long as they equally mistreat both “biological men” and “biological women.” Public Justice filed…
Becky is a 12-year-old girl who wants to run for her middle school’s cross-country and track teams. But a new West Virginia law would ban her from doing so because she is transgender. Becky challenged the law in court, and Public Justice has joined an amicus brief to support her appeal. West Virginia’s ban is…
This federal civil rights case involves the tragic death of Nigel Shelby, a Black, out gay freshman at Alabama’s Huntsville High School who died by suicide at age 15 after experiencing unchecked LGBTQ+ harassment and race discrimination at school. Nigel never felt safe at Huntsville High School. Students subjected him to anti-gay slurs nearly every…
Public Justice filed an amicus brief in support of the appellant in Grabowski v. Arizona Board of Regents, a Title IX case. In August 2017, Michael Grabowski enrolled at the University of Arizona as a freshman on academic and athletic scholarships. Almost as soon as he joined the University’s cross-country/track team, Michael’s teammates started harassing…
This was an administrative complaint brought by a parent of Child Doe, a gender non-conforming student. Child Doe, an elementary school student in Crestwood School District, was subjected to unremedied harassment and discriminatory discipline on the basis of their gender identity and expression. Child Doe’s parent filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.…
Public Justice joined an amici brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit in support of the plaintiff-appellees, two student-athletes who are challenging an Idaho law that bans transgender women and girls from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity. The law requires proof of “biological sex” and uses criteria that…
Public Justice joined an amici brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, then later to the Fourth Circuit, in a lawsuit brought by Gavin Grimm, a transgender boy challenging his Virginia high school’s bathroom policy, which bars transgender students from communal restrooms and forces them to use separate, single-stall bathrooms. The case presented the question of…