A Florida School Board Limits Public Bathrooms to Birth Gender

OCALA, FL - Effective this morning, the Marion County School Board affirmed the constitutional expectation of its student's privacy by requiring students to use the bathrooms and other facilities based on biological sex, as requested by Liberty Counsel. This 4-1 vote happened late last night. It will allow students of only one gender, that of their birth, into a bathroom or locker room. The vote overturned a previous interpretation, unilaterally imposed by the district's superintendent, which allowed students to choose what bathroom they wanted based on subjective "gender identity." Under today's policy, any student who identifies as "transgender" may request an appropriate alternate facility if uncomfortable using the facility corresponding to the student's biological sex.