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ACLU files motion to dismiss lawsuit challenging Dallas schools’ transgender policy

March 02, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

OregonLive
By Jim Ryan
February 20, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed motions to intervene in - and dismiss - a lawsuit that transgender students and LGBTQ supporters say is troubling and harmful.

The lawsuit, filed in November, challenges a decision by the Dallas School District to allow Elliot Yoder to use the boys' facilities. Herb Grey, an attorney for the parents of three current or former Dallas students, said the district's policy to allow Yoder into such private spaces violated the civil rights of the majority of the students who do not identify as transgender.

Read the full article at the OregonLive website here.