{"id":2643287,"date":"2026-08-11T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-asks-court-to-strike-schools-transgender-bathroom-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:59:18","slug":"conservative-group-asks-court-to-strike-schools-transgender-bathroom-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-group-asks-court-to-strike-schools-transgender-bathroom-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative group asks court to strike school&#8217;s\u00a0transgender bathroom policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservative-group-asks-court-to-strike-schools-transgender-bathroom-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A conservative legal group, America First Legal, has filed a lawsuit urging a federal court to block a North Carolina school district&#8217;s policy allowing biological males to use girls\u2019 restrooms, claiming it violates Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The lawsuit stems from complaints by three 17-year-old female students at Cox Mill High School, who reported biological males accessing girls\u2019 bathrooms and the school not addressing the issue. The group argues this policy forces girls to choose between privacy and participation, constituting discrimination. The case references the recent Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J., which clarified that Title IX&#8217;s sex protections refer to biological sex, not gender identity, especially in sports. The legal challenge seeks an injunction to prevent enforcement of the policy, asserting that it unfairly discriminates against females and violates longstanding protections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conservative legal group is asking a federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"439\">court<\/a> to strike down a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"552\">North Carolina<\/a> school district\u2019s policy of allowing biological males in girls\u2019 bathrooms as a violation of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/title-ix\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2819\">Title IX<\/a> by citing a recent Supreme Court ruling regarding women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America First Legal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/media.aflegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10161843\/Cabarrus-PI-1-Memo.pdf?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=260810-afl_email_597_seeks_an_immediate_injunction_to_protect_girls_privacy_and_safety_in_north_carolina_school_district_no_donate_81026&#038;utm_content=ncl-wS78CkTya4&#038;utm_term=&#038;_nlid=wS78CkTya4&#038;_nhids=ncBGBIDpuYqZAls\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/media.aflegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10161843\/Cabarrus-PI-1-Memo.pdf?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=260810-afl_email_597_seeks_an_immediate_injunction_to_protect_girls_privacy_and_safety_in_north_carolina_school_district_no_donate_81026&#038;utm_content=ncl-wS78CkTya4&#038;utm_term=&#038;_nlid=wS78CkTya4&#038;_nhids=ncBGBIDpuYqZAls\">asked<\/a> a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to issue a preliminary injunction barring the Cabarrus County School Board from enforcing a policy that allows biological males to use girls\u2019 bathrooms and locker rooms, arguing it is \u201cunlawful sex discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4682700\/america-first-legal-north-carolina-transgender-bathrooms\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Conservative group asks court to strike North Carolina school\u2019s transgender bathroom policy for discriminating against girls<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4683232\/doj-possible-new-reflecting-pool-vandalism-charges-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ won\u2019t rule out new charges for Reflecting Pool vandals as Trump calls to revisit dropped cases<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4682502\/wpath-transgender-standards-of-care-guidelines-opinions-fraud-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Advocates call out transgender health group for admitting its guidelines are \u2018opinions\u2019 in fraud case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legal group is backing the lawsuit brought by three 17-year-old female students at Cox Mill High School who said they heard of biologically male students accessing the girls\u2019 bathroom and that the school did nothing to stop it. One of the female students, identified in court documents as Mary Doe, said the principal offered to let her use a staff restroom instead of barring biological males from the girls\u2019 bathrooms. The motion for an injunction claims that by allowing biological males to use women\u2019s restrooms and not providing women a sex-separated facility, the school district is violating Title IX and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlaintiffs\u2014biological females who identify as female\u2014must make a choice: either abandon their interest in privacy and modesty so that they can remain with their female classmates in the common female facilities, or leave those common facilities to use a not-comparable facility separate from their female classmates,\u201d America First Legal said in its court filing. \u201cThe biological male student, meanwhile, is faced with no such choice. Worse yet, that biological male student has the option of using either the common male facilities or the common female facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe biological male student is never faced with the dilemma forced upon the biological female student. By permitting biological males to use female-designated restrooms, locker rooms, and changing areas, Defendants have excluded Plaintiffs from participation in, denied them the benefits of, and subjected them to discrimination under Defendants\u2019 education programs and activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court filing is one of the first examples of a plaintiff using the Supreme Court\u2019s June ruling in <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4568174\/supreme-court-upholds-ban-biological-men-womens-sports\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4568174\/supreme-court-upholds-ban-biological-men-womens-sports\/\">West Virginia v. B.P.J.<\/a><\/em>, which upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia barring biological males from women\u2019s sports, to assert that the term \u201csex\u201d in Title IX means biological sex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTitle IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex,&#8217;\u201d Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the 6-3 majority in the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>B.P.J.<\/em> ruling. \u201cTitle IX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >implementing regulations expressly permit schools<\/a> to maintain separate teams for \u2018members of each sex. The term \u2018sex\u2019 in the 1972 Title IX statute, the 1974 Javits Amendment, and the 1975 Title IX regulations cannot plausibly be interpreted to refer to anything other than biological sex. The ordinary meaning of the term \u2018sex\u2019 at the time of enactment in the early 1970s was biological sex and not gender identity, particularly in the sports context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4674545\/appeals-court-upholds-florida-law-banning-drag-shows-children\/\">APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS FLORIDA LAW BANNING DRAG SHOWS FOR CHILDREN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the justices said the <em>B.P.J. <\/em>ruling itself was narrowly tailored to the question of whether states could limit women\u2019s sports to biological women, the majority ruling did push forward the idea that Title IX refers to biological sex, rather than gender identity. AFL is hoping the federal court will block the North Carolina school\u2019s policy as schools across the country prepare to return from summer vacation over the coming month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCabarrus County Schools has placed the burden on female students to leave their own facilities while biological males continue using them,\u201d AFL senior counsel Ian Prior said in a statement. \u201cTitle IX, the Equal Protection Clause, and the North Carolina Constitution do not require schools to erase sex-based protections that have existed for generations. We are asking the Court to restore those protections immediately so these girls can attend school without being discriminated against on the basis of sex and compromising their modesty or well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal group seeks court to block NC school bathroom policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2643288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23176777721405-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35172,4914,4585,41008,4019],"class_list":["post-2643287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bathroom-policy","tag-conservative","tag-lawsuit","tag-school-controversy","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23176777721405-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643295,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643287\/revisions\/2643295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}