Copy shortlink: A transgender student who alleged discrimination over restroom access and being isolated from classmates has won a $218,500 settlement from the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District. The district also agreed to policy changes that include letting transgender students play sports on teams consistent with their gender identity, said Megan Peterson, executive director of Gender Justice, a St. Paul nonprofit that teamed with Best & Flanagan LLP to represent the student and his mother in the case. "I'm glad there'll be new gender-affirming policies put into place and no one else has to go through what I went through," said Matt Woods, who left the district and will be a high school senior next year. "Gender-affirming policies will save lives."