The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s judgment in favor of the Blue Springs R-IV School district, concluding that the district’s denial of male restroom and locker room access to a transgender student did not constitute unlawful sex discrimination under the Missouri Human Rights Act.
The case, brought by a student identified as R.M.A., stemmed from a dispute dating back to the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years, according to the Missouri Supreme Court opinion filed June 10.
R.M.A., a transgender male, had transitioned socially while attending fourth grade in the district and later amended his birth certificate in 2014 to reflect a male sex designation.
During eighth and ninth grades, R.M.A. sought to use male-designated restrooms and locker rooms, but the school district denied this request.
R.M.A. filed a discrimination charge in October 2014 with the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, alleging that he was denied access to a public accommodation based on sex, in violation of section 213.065.
After receiving a right-to-sue letter, he filed suit in October 2015. The case reached the Missouri Supreme Court once before in R.M.A. ex rel. Appleberry v. Blue Springs R-IV School District (2019), where the Court held that R.M.A. had pleaded sufficient facts to proceed with a claim of sex discrimination under the MHRA.
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Author: Faith Novak
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