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Jury awards $4 million to Missouri transgender student

Summary by Ground News

RJ Appleberry, a former student in Missouri's Blue Springs school district, has been awarded $4 million by a jury. Appleberry sued the district, alleging sex discrimination because he is transgender. He was forced to use separate single-use bathrooms and told him he couldn't use the boys restroom. Under Missouri law, Appleberry is recognized as male.

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Associated Press News

Jury awards $4 million to Missouri transgender student

The student sued the district for sex discrimination in 2015.

2 years ago·United States

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The Hill

Jury awards $4 million to trans student denied bathroom access at school

Despite being recognized as a boy by the state of Missouri, the student was still barred from male restrooms and locker rooms at his middle school and high school.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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NY Daily News

Jury awards $4M to Missouri transgender student who sued school district for discrimination

The student said that he was denied access to the boy’s restrooms at his school, even after amending his birth certificate to reflect his gender and new name.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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HuffPost

Transgender Student Awarded $4 Million In Missouri Discrimination Case

A Kansas City school district had prohibited the boy, whose name has not been released, from using bathrooms in line with his gender identity.

2 years ago·United States

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NBC News

Jury awards $4 million to Missouri transgender student

A Kansas City-area school district must pay a transgender student $4 million after it refused to let him use the boys’ restrooms or locker rooms, a Jackson Coun

2 years ago·United States

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