Florida Transgender Bathroom Law

Florida law on bathrooms and transgender employees.

Florida transgender bathroom law. Applying title vii to transgender bathroom rights despite some state legislature s best efforts florida still has no specific law that protects transgender individuals from discrimination at work. With north carolina s recent passing of house bill 2 hb2 and national news outlets focusing on issues of sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination it is important for employers and employees in florida to think carefully about the laws in our state for employers and transgender employees using the bathrooms. The debate over transgender rights in america often gets reduced to bathroom talk.

A federal court in florida has ruled that it is unconstitutional for schools to ban transgender students from using the restroom that matches their gender identity. Following the supreme court s latest decision lower courts have cited it in ruling that transgender students can choose a bathroom based on their gender identity rather than their assigned sex. A federal appeals court dealt a major victory wednesday for proponents of transgender rights ruling that it is unconstitutional and a violation of title ix for schools to bar students from using.

There is no requirement in the florida law for businesses schools and other public places to offer transgender people separate facilities. 583 by representative frank artiles. After nearly two months parents of other children of the school complained to the gloucester county school board which then created a policy prohibiting transgender students from using the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

If a florida employer requires his or her employees to use the bathroom that matches their biological sex as hb2 does can that employer be held liable for. Florida transgender bathroom law. Nease high school in ponte vedra a seaside community in the northeastern florida in the fall of 2015.

News transgender teen can use bathroom of choice federal judge in florida rules nationwide nonprofit lambda legal teamed with pillsbury winthrop shaw pittman s miami office to win the case for. A bathroom bill was introduced in florida in the spring of 2015 as h b.