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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Gavin Grimm Case Appealed USA

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mancheeze · 14/06/2018 21:25

Gavin Grimm is a biological female who wanted to use the boys room at school. The case went all the way up to SCOTUS and then kicked back down into Virginia's lower court which ruled that Title IX covers 'gender identity' and 'gender presentation', and said she could use the boys room.

Summation of Judge Allen's ruling:

Judge Allen held that discrimination based on gender identity falls within the Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins gender stereotyping theory and is, therefore, a per se violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, as well as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

A few days ago, the school district that denied Grimm the use of the boys bathroom filed an appeal and was accepted.

The appeal states that Title IX has nothing to do with gender identity or 'gender presentation'. Title IX is about discrimination of the basis of SEX.

The appeal was accepted and filed. Now we await more arguments.

Here is the actual appeal arguing that Title IX is about sex, not gender identity.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/4500161-Order-Certifying-Interlocutory-Appeal-Grimm-v.html

In an article about the appeal:
Grimm’s sex assigned at birth was female. He began his gender transition in 2012 when he was a 15-year-old sophomore at Gloucester County High School. He used the boys’ bathroom without incident during his transition

Grimm was not assigned female. She IS female. She was BORN female. Also, her bathroom usage was challenged. That's why this in in court.

I just thought I'd include that snippet from a publication to show how reporting of this topic is so horribly done.

Here is the article link where I got the snippet:
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/here-we-go-again-transgender-bathroom-87055/

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GibbertyFlibbert · 14/06/2018 21:33

Go Gavin! If he wins this he will have secured an appellate court ruling (ie precedent) that the protection against sex discrimination includes protection against gender identity which could have big implications.

mancheeze · 14/06/2018 22:37

If he wins this he will have secured an appellate court ruling (ie precedent) that the protection against sex discrimination includes protection against gender identity which could have big implications.

That makes no sense. You apparently didn't read the legal appeal where it clearly states Title IX protects based on sex.

Oh also, this might be a good time to tell people that Kara Dansky from WOLF is doing legal work to ensure Title IX is applied appropriately. She's US based. If you want to support the legal work in the US:
Here's an interview with Dansky
www.feministcurrent.com/2016/11/20/podcast-title-ix-trans-rights-womens-rights-bathroom-bills/

I'm not sure if she's affiliated with this but it calls on mass media to stop the glorification of mutilating healthy female bodies.
gendercriticalactioncenter.wordpress.com

There's a bunch of actions on that site.

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GibbertyFlibbert · 14/06/2018 22:51

"That makes no sense. You apparently didn't read the legal appeal where it clearly states Title IX protects based on sex. "

Unless I am mistaken the key issue of the appeal is whether the protection against sex discrimination in Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity. (In Europe it does for example). The appellant school district is arguing it doesn't so Gavin's team will presumably (if he decides to defend the appeal) be arguing that it does.

heresyandwitchcraft · 14/06/2018 23:29

Mancheeze, I don't know about this case or title IX. I will try to look into it when I get the chance when it won't seem as confusing. Thanks for the links!

mancheeze · 15/06/2018 00:39

Np Heresy.

This is a big case in that it deals with the US version of sex based rights enshrined in Title IX and the attempts by transactivists to usurp these sex based protections with the nonsensical concept gender identity.

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