Civil Rights
Aug. 14, 2013
Bill protecting transgender students becomes law
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed the first law in the nation granting transgender students in public schools access to sex-segregated activities and facilities, such as restrooms, regardless of the student's gender.
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed the first law in the nation granting transgender students in public schools access to sex-segregated activities and facilities, such as restrooms, regardless of the student's gender. The bill, by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, comes after a federal complaint by a transgender student in Arcadia who is biologically female and was barred from using the boys' restroom. Ammiano said in...
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