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“No one should be fired because of who they are – but Liberty University made it clear that’s exactly why it fired Ellenor,” said ACLU of Virginia Senior Transgender Rights Attorney Wyatt Rolla.
“The Virginia Department of Education didn’t want to defend its anti-trans model policies in a court of law because it knew they can’t stand up to scrutiny," said ACLU of Virginia Senior Transgender Attorney Wyatt Rolla.
“It’s the job of adults to put kids first, and the job of public schools everywhere to affirm their students," said ACLU of Virginia Policy and Legislative Counsel Breanna Diaz.
“By bullying a transgender young person in its district, Hanover County Public Schools are depriving our client of opportunities every public school student should have," said ACLU of Virginia Senior Transgender Attorney Wyatt Rolla.
"People who have worked hard, learned new skills, and followed the rules to earn their release should get it,” said ACLU of Virginia Policy Director Chris Kaiser.
“This week’s ruling does not change binding Fourth Circuit law under Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board that makes clear discrimination against transgender students – such as denying restroom access - violates Title IX," said ACLU-VA Senior Trans Rights Attorney Wyatt Rolla.