Kentucky bill would let students sue over transgender bathroom use

The bill would require that K-12 public school facilities, like restrooms and locker rooms, separate students “based on their biological sex.”

Similar legislation has failed twice before. Supporters say privacy is at issue, but critics say that's “not based in reality."A bill has resurfaced in Kentucky seeking to allow students to sue their school if it allows transgender peers to use school bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, instead of their sex assigned at birth, despite the bill’s previous failures in the state Legislature.last Thursday.

The bill goes on to say that allowing students of “different biological sex” to use the same restrooms and locker rooms could cause “potential embarrassment, shame and psychological injury to students.” And should a student see “a person of the opposite biological sex” in a sex-segregated facility, the student could have “a private cause of action against the school,” such as a lawsuit.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.

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