Judge compares transgender teen to civil rights icons

(AP) — An appeals court judge on Friday compared a Virginia teen who sued his school board for the right to use the boys bathroom to civil and human activists throughout history who have "refused to accept quietly the injustices that were perpetrated against them."

Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andre M. Davis used an inconsequential ruling in Gavin Grimm's case to pen an opinion hailing the 17-year-old as a champion for transgender rights, comparing him to such icons as the Virginia couple that fought to overturn the ban on interracial marriage.

The school board argues that allowing Grimm to use the boys restroom imperils the privacy rights of its students.

[...] after some parents complained, the school board adopted a policy requiring students to use either the restroom that corresponds with their biological gender or a private, single-stall restroom.