Thought Leadership

Are “Gender Plus” Bathrooms New? And How Should Schools Handle Them?

As many of you know, I was a Chicago Public Schools parent until four months ago, when my family and I moved to Dallas. So, I have been watching with great interest a battle that has been unfolding following a CPS announcement that its schools would begin using new signs for school bathrooms. Some bathrooms, including single-occupancy restrooms and some multi-stalled restrooms, are labeled as gender-neutral, while the rest are labeled as “girls plus” and “boys plus.” Is this something new? And how should schools handle “gender plus” bathrooms? Keep reading to learn more.

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Webinar: A Look Back at OCR’s First Year Under President Biden

The end of 2021 is near, and that means we have almost a year of President Joe Biden’s leadership behind

Webinar: The “CRT Bill” is Almost Here: What Every Texas School Administrator Needs to Know

On December 2, 2021, Senate Bill 3 will replace House Bill 3979 as the law of the land in Texas.

Webinar: Top 10 Client Questions During the Title IX Grievance Process

Our panel of Thompson & Horton Title IX attorneys discuss the top legal questions clients pose during the Title IX

Webinar: Stop, Drop, and Title IX: Responding to Reports of Sexual Harassment the Right Way

The 2020 Title IX regulations require that schools, colleges, and universities use specific policies and processes to address complaints of

Fly Your Flag Proudly: Religious Displays on Public Property

So I missed this last week, but the Supreme Court has decided to hear Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a case brought by a Christian group that was denied permission by the City of Boston to fly its flag, which features a Latin Cross, on a flagpole at Boston City Hall.  According to the lawsuit, the City encourages private groups to fly their flags on the city flagpole, and over the course of twelve years had allowed over 280 groups to do so, including Juneteenth and LGBTQ-related flags.  But the group claims they were denied permission solely because their flag was religious.

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