Legal Issues Facing Students and Educators

Matt Wood Matt Wood

Transgender Participation in TN Athletics

There is no doubt that districts will increasingly deal with LGBTQ issues in the future. Following the Bostock ruling, schools were forced to look the impact of facilities, bathrooms in particular.

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Debra D. Owen Debra D. Owen

SCHOOLS FACE LEGAL QUANDARY IN ADDRESSING LGBTQ ISSUES

In the persistent battle over issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, public schools are frequently the battlegrounds. Tennessee public schools are no exception, and school officials have wrestled for years with such issues, particularly as they relate to transgender students. Conflicting legal authority now creates even more uncertainly over what to do in those typically difficult situations.

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Matt Wood Matt Wood

Bostock, Biden and Bathrooms

On October 9th, 2019. The United States Supreme Court held that employment discrimination based on “sex” as protected until Title VII extends to sexual orientation. In that case

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