LGBT Update - Moving Forward With Irony

Last week the federal appeals court for the 4th Circuit ruled that a Virginia student could sue his school board for prohibiting him from using the bathroom matching his gender identity.  The Court found that the prohibition imposed upon Gavin Grimm violated Title IX.  The ruling, in what is generally considered a conservative state, may have influence in other states that are resistant to endorsing bathroom use by gender identity.   Among the states struggling to prevent  gender identity from deciding which bathroom is used are: South Dakota, Illinois, Texas and Mississippi.   A pathway  for the issue to arrive at the US Supreme Court perhaps?

And let's not forget North Carolina where activists against the newly enacted law restricting the rights of LGBT individuals were arrested for refusing to leave a state building where a demonstration was taking place.  However, the arrests could have been a major breakthrough for the activists. Whether intended or not, the situation is not without its irony, if not humor.  Mara Keisling, director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, was among those arrested.  Not only did she describe the arresting officers as respectful,  Ms. Keisling reported that transgender men were put into cells housing males while transgender women were housed in the women's cell.  Also, at the jail, arrestees used bathrooms that matched gender identity. 

All to prove that you cannot make this stuff up.