A middle school boy is suing his Wisconsin school district for allegedly barring him from using the girls’ bathroom.
The unnamed seventh grader, known as Jane Doe in court documents, filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court.
The 13-year-old is accusing the Elkhorn Area School District southwest of Milwaukee of violating Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment.
The boy says that he told a teacher he identified as transgender and wanted to use female pronouns back in the fall of 2022 when he was in sixth grade. He claims he had experienced gender dysphoria since third grade.
The teacher brought his parents in to establish a “gender support plan,” but the guidance counselor did not offer to let the boy use the girls’ bathroom or locker room, according to the lawsuit. The boy was told he could use the faculty…
