A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President George W. Bush has placed an injunction on a school policy that prohibits a girl who identifies as a boy from using the mens’ restroom, declaring that under the law, she must be “treated like any other boy.” Judge Timothy Corrigan ruled on Thursday that the St. Johns County School District has no reason to prohibit the student, who goes by the name Drew
Adams, from using the boys’ restroom at Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach. Adams, who began presenting herself as a boy in 2015 and obtained a double mastectomy, used the boys’ restroom at the school for six weeks—until another student lodged a complaint. Officials then advised Adams that she would need to either use the girls’ restroom or a gender-neutral facility. READ MORE