Legal Opinion
Whitaker ex rel. Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 30, 2017No. 16-3522PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Ashton (“Ash”) Whitaker is a 17 year-old high school senior who has what would *1039seem like a simple request: to use the boys’ restroom while at school. However, the Defendants, the Kenosha Unified School District and its superintendent, Sue Savaglio, (the “School District”) believe that the request is not so simple because Ash1 is a transgender boy. The School District did not permit Ash to enter the boys’ restroom because, it believed, that his mere presence would invade the privacy rights of his male classmates. Ash brought suit, alleging that the School District’s…
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