Judge recommends no injunction in transgender lawsuit
CHICAGO — A federal magistrate recommended Tuesday that a district judge deny a group of parents’ request for an injunction to bar a suburban Chicago transgender high school student from the school’s restrooms and locker rooms.
It now goes to U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso, who is presiding over a lawsuit filed by the conservative group Students and Parents for Privacy on behalf of parents whose children attend Palatine-based Township High School District 211.
If Alonso agrees with Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert’s recommendation, the transgender student will continue to use a bathroom and locker room for the gender she identifies with rather than being forced to use a facility separate from fellow students.
The transgender student told the Education Department in November that she was denied access to facilities for the gender she identifies with. In response, federal authorities found the school district in violation of Title IX, which bans discrimination based on gender.