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Minnesota transgender student wins settlement from school district in restroom access case
The plaintiff was a sixth-grader at Buffalo Community Middle School in September 2015 when he transitioned socially, and wanted to use the boys toilets and locker rooms. Instead he was limited to a single-occupancy facility that no other student was required to use, according to a lawsuit filed against the district in 2019. The school held firm to its position on restroom access despite requests from health care providers and the state Department of Education that Woods be allowed to use the boys facilities.
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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.
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District pays transgender student in settlement
Matt Woods claims he was isolated from other students and had limited access to a restroom while at Buffalo Community Middle School. Author: Hanna Conway Updated: 6:53 PM CDT June 30, 2021
BUFFALO, Minn. A transgender student won a $218,500 dollar settlement from a Wright County school district.
Matt Woods, who attended Buffalo Community Middle School from 2015-2017, claims he was isolated from other students and had limited access to the restroom due to his gender identity.
The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District has not admitted to any wrongdoing and no public tax dollars are being used to fund any monetary payment.
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