The state of Iowa must pay $85,000 to a group of transgender students after they were barred from entering a restroom at the Capitol five years ago. The State Appeal Board approved the settlement Tuesday, the Des Moines Register reports, granting the money to the students without the state admitting wrongdoing. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in March, 2020 where a group of trans students on an advocacy trip were prevented from using a bathroom by a state trooper. “These individuals we...| Gay Pride - LGBT and Queer Voices
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let South Carolina enforce a law requiring public schools to bar transgender students from using restrooms aligned with their gender identity, leaving in place a lower court’s injunction that protects a 15-year-old boy in Berkeley County. In a terse, unsigned order, the justices, by an apparent 6-3 vote, rejected the state’s request for emergency relief, stressing that the denial was “not a ruling on the merits” of the case but instead r...| Gay Pride - LGBT and Queer Voices