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01.07.2021 / 19:47
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Minnesota trans student wins $218,500 settlement with over school’s bathroom and locker room ban
settlement, the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District has agreed to create new policies that ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming students have access to restrooms and locker room facilities that align with their gender identity; ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming students can play on sports teams consistent with the gender identity; and ensure that school officials refer to students by their proper names and preferred pronouns.The settlement comes just months after the Anoka-Hennepin School District agreed to settle a similar lawsuit over transgender students’ right to access gender-affirming facilities for $300,000 and change its policies.The student in that case, Nick H., recounted how