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US appeals court upholds Florida transgender toilet policy

Drew Adams, right, and Lambda Legal lawyer Tara Borelli sought to overturn a Florida school district’s toilet policy at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals [FILE: Ron Harris/AP Photo]

A United States federal appeals court has approved a Florida high school’s policy barring transgender high school students from using the toilet facilities of their chosen identity.

On Friday, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a seven-to-four decision that the policy – instituted by a school board in St Johns County, Florida – did not violate the US Constitution’s Equal Protections Clause or federal civil rights law.

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