Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Gender-Inclusive Locker Room Policy – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Gender-Inclusive Locker Room Policy – Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn

An Illinois federal district court in C.G. v. Deerfield Public School District No. 109, recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a middle school student (“C.G.”) challenging her public school district’s (“district”) gender-inclusive locker room practices. The court rejected the students’ claims under the Equal Protection Clause, Title IX, and the First Amendment, finding that the allegations did not support the federal claims asserted. The district…