Whitaker Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/cases/whitaker/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Whitaker Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/cases/whitaker/ 32 32 Wisconsin school district to settle discrimination case with transgender student Ash Whitaker https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-school-district-to-settle-discrimination-case-with-transgender-student-ash-whitaker/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-school-district-to-settle-discrimination-case-with-transgender-student-ash-whitaker/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:48:50 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14181 (Kenosha, WI) – Ash Whitaker, the transgender student plaintiff in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District, and his former school district, Kenosha Unified School District (“KUSD”) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, reached a settlement in Ash’s discrimination lawsuit against KUSD, pending court approval. Ash graduated high school in June 2017, just days after the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-school-district-to-settle-discrimination-case-with-transgender-student-ash-whitaker/feed/ 0 Protecting Trans Rights, the 7th Circuit and Beyond: a Discussion for Lawyers https://transgenderlawcenter.org/protecting-trans-rights-the-7th-circuit-and-beyond-a-discussion-for-lawyers/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/protecting-trans-rights-the-7th-circuit-and-beyond-a-discussion-for-lawyers/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:00:41 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13908 On Wednesday, June 7th, at 12:00pm PST/3:00pm EST, the National LGBT Bar Association and Transgender Law Center will host a call-in addressing the 7th Circuit’s recent groundbreaking ruling affirming the preliminary injunction granted in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District. Ash Whitaker, a transgender boy from Wisconsin, brought the lawsuit last year after his high school […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/protecting-trans-rights-the-7th-circuit-and-beyond-a-discussion-for-lawyers/feed/ 0 Groundbreaking 7th Circuit Ruling in Favor of Ash Whitaker, Transgender Student Seeking Access to Correct Bathroom https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 19:37:56 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13892 (Chicago, May 30, 2017) Today, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a groundbreaking ruling in favor of Ash Whitaker, the transgender student plaintiff in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District. In a unanimous decision authored by Judge Ann Claire Williams, the court upheld the preliminary injunction, issued by a federal district court in September […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/groundbreaking-7th-circuit-ruling-in-favor-of-ash-whitaker-transgender-student-seeking-access-to-correct-bathroom/feed/ 0 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Hears Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District https://transgenderlawcenter.org/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-whitaker-v-kenosha-unified-school-district/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-whitaker-v-kenosha-unified-school-district/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:50:23 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13793 (Chicago, March 29, 2017) Today the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District, involving a transgender Wisconsin student whose school had denied him access to the boy’s room. The school district is appealing a preliminary injunction from a lower court granting the student the right […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-hears-whitaker-v-kenosha-unified-school-district/feed/ 0 Trump Administration rescinds trans student guidance – will have no impact on law https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trump-administration-rescinds-trans-student-guidance-has-no-impact-on-law/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trump-administration-rescinds-trans-student-guidance-has-no-impact-on-law/#respond Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:25:03 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13597 Transgender Law Center and trans youth leaders condemn administration’s action and commit to protecting youth Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will reportedly issue a joint “Dear Colleague” letter to schools across the country rescinding guidance issued by the Obama administration to help schools understand their responsibility to protect transgender students […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/trump-administration-rescinds-trans-student-guidance-has-no-impact-on-law/feed/ 0 Judge leaves in place preliminary injunction requiring district to allow Ash Whitaker to use restroom at school as case proceeds https://transgenderlawcenter.org/judge-leaves-in-place-preliminary-injunction-requiring-district-to-allow-ash-whitaker-to-use-restroom-at-school-as-case-proceeds/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/judge-leaves-in-place-preliminary-injunction-requiring-district-to-allow-ash-whitaker-to-use-restroom-at-school-as-case-proceeds/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2016 23:24:01 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13323 Today, U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper denied a motion by Kenosha Unified School District to stay the preliminary injunction she issued last month granting our client Ash Whitaker access to the boys’ restroom at school. “We are very happy with today’s ruling as it means, at least for now, that Ash will be able to […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/judge-leaves-in-place-preliminary-injunction-requiring-district-to-allow-ash-whitaker-to-use-restroom-at-school-as-case-proceeds/feed/ 0 Victory! Court orders WI school to immediately halt discriminatory policy against transgender student https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:13:57 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13294 Click here to view legal documents, photos of Ash, and more about the history of this case.  (Kenosha, WI) – A federal court today ruled that a Wisconsin school must immediately halt its discriminatory policy of singling out a transgender boy, Ashton Whitaker, and forcing him to use a restroom separate from all other students. […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/victory-court-orders-wi-school-to-immediately-halt-discriminatory-policy-against-transgender-student/feed/ 0 Wisconsin Transgender Student Asks Court to Take Immediate Action to Stop Discriminatory Policy Before School Starts https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-transgender-student-asks-court-to-take-immediate-action-to-stop-discriminatory-policy-before-school-starts/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-transgender-student-asks-court-to-take-immediate-action-to-stop-discriminatory-policy-before-school-starts/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:12:41 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13172 August 15, 2016 — Sixteen-year-old transgender high school student Ashton (Ash) Whitaker, represented by Transgender Law Center and Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, filed a motion in federal court today for a preliminary injunction ordering his school to cease its discriminatory treatment of him before he returns to school for his senior year. Ash is […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wisconsin-transgender-student-asks-court-to-take-immediate-action-to-stop-discriminatory-policy-before-school-starts/feed/ 0 Transgender Student Files Federal Lawsuit Against Kenosha Wisconsin School District https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-student-files-federal-lawsuit-against-kenosha-wisconsin-school-district-seeks-non-discriminatory-treatment-and-access-to-school-restrooms-consistent-with-his-gender-identity/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-student-files-federal-lawsuit-against-kenosha-wisconsin-school-district-seeks-non-discriminatory-treatment-and-access-to-school-restrooms-consistent-with-his-gender-identity/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:30:48 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=13126 Seeks Non-Discriminatory Treatment and Access to School Restrooms Consistent with His Gender Identity July 20, 2016 — Yesterday, Transgender Law Center and Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, a civil rights firm based in Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in federal court in Wisconsin on behalf of Ashton (Ash) Whitaker, a transgender boy, who has been […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-student-files-federal-lawsuit-against-kenosha-wisconsin-school-district-seeks-non-discriminatory-treatment-and-access-to-school-restrooms-consistent-with-his-gender-identity/feed/ 0 Big win! Federal gov issues historic guidance on transgender students https://transgenderlawcenter.org/big-win-federal-gov-issues-historic-guidance-on-transgender-students/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/big-win-federal-gov-issues-historic-guidance-on-transgender-students/#respond Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:54 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=12905 In a “Dear Colleague” letter, the Department of Education and Department of Justice issued guidance today making it clear that schools must treat transgender students according to their gender identity in all respects and cannot ban transgender students from using facilities that match the gender they live as every day. Transgender Law Center praised the guidance […]

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