Tag: Transgender
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Adolescent Health Expert’s Testimony on Brain-Scan Studies Excluded
A.C. is a transgender boy who attends Martinsville High School. Prior to attending Martinsville High School, he attended John R. Wooden Middle School (“Wooden Middle”). While attending Wooden Middle, A.C. sought to use the boys’ restroom, the restroom he felt most comfortable using, but was denied access by the School District. The School District offered…
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Prison Management Expert Allowed to Opine on PREA Compliance
Plaintiff C. Jay Smith is a transgender woman who has been housed in men’s prisons for decades. The facts at issue in this case pertain to Plaintiff’s incarceration at San Quentin State Prison from 2013 to 2019, though she has been housed at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville since June 2019. Plaintiff filed a…
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Judge Declares Law Banning Transition Care Unconstitutional
More often than not, public school employees call students by the pronouns matching the gender on their birth certificate, no matter the child’s preference and it is a misdemeanor to use restrooms in public buildings that do not correspondent to the person’s gender at birth. If lawmakers advance bills that mandate the same, how do…