Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student in Gloucester County, Va., asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to stop his school district from enforcing a policy that segregates transgender students from their peers and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.

The following quote can be attributed to Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a lawsuit today against the City of Petersburg for violating the First Amendment rights of a resident who was prohibited from speaking at a city council meeting solely because he owed an unpaid fine to the City.