The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal from an Indiana public school district.

Federal appeals courts are divided over whether school policies enforcing restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students can use violate federal law or the Constitution.

In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom. The appeal came from the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis.

    • @maness300
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      210 months ago

      I think it’s more of a safety concern mixed with sexism.

      I’ve come across women that flat-out say they are more afraid of men on average and try to avoid them if possible.

      • queermunist she/her
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        -310 months ago

        One in four women face sexual violence. I get it.

        It sure would be nice if they’d stop to consider how women like me would feel to be forced to be surrounded by men in the men’s restroom.