By Chris Hoenig
Transgender students should be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, according to Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the family of Nicole Maines, who was required by her school to use a staff restroom instead of the girls’ student bathroom starting in fifth grade. In a 5-1 ruling, the justices said that the school violated Maines’ rights under the state’s Human Rights Act and reversed a lower court’s decision from 2012, which ruled in favor of the school.
