In
Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, (ED PA, Aug. 25, 2017), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to bar a school district from continuing its year-old practice of allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity. Plaintiffs are students who claim that their right to privacy, as well as Title IX, are violated by the school's policy. According to the court:
At bottom, the plaintiffs are opposed to the mere presence of transgender students in locker rooms or bathrooms with them because they designate them as members of the opposite sex and note that, inter alia, society has historically separated bathrooms and locker rooms on the basis of biological sex to preserve the privacy of individuals from members of the opposite biological sex.
In a 142-page opinion the court held that plaintiffs had no shown that they are likely to succeed on the merits, saying in part:
The plaintiffs have not identified and this court has not located any court that has recognized a constitutional right of privacy as broadly defined by the plaintiffs....
WFMZ-TV News reports that an appeal is planned.
