Public schools adopting “gender identity” instead of biological sex abandons science, creates a hostile environment, and threatens the safety and well-being of children, Liberty Counsel told the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an amicus brief. 

When the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia adopted a policy requiring students to use private restrooms or restrooms designated for their biological sex, a female student, who self-identifies as a boy, sued. 

Over 40 studies have established that “sex change” is biologically impossible, and efforts to medically and surgically “re-assign sex” exacerbate a mental disorder. 

To satisfy transgender students’ requests to use facilities designated for their gender identity instead of their biological sex will mean that individuals who have male genitalia, but who identify as female, will have to be permitted to use the girls’ restroom or locker room, or, vice versa. While that will purportedly make the school environment less hostile to the gender-confused student, it will make it more hostile to students who are distressed and feel unsafe undressing and using the restroom in the presence of the opposite sex. Students who object will face charges of discrimination or even aggression. 

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals should uphold Gloucester’s policy of restricting bathroom access to biological sex. The regulation might not be politically popular with those who want to overthrow millennia of social norms and morals, but it complies with Title IX and protects the health, safety, and rights of privacy for all students in the district.

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