Iowa AG Bird intervenes in lawsuit over bathroom access for Liberty High trans parent
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is challenging a lawsuit brought against Liberty High School and the Iowa City Community School District for denying a transgender parent from using the bathroom of their choice.
The suit says Finnegan Meadows, a parent at the district who identifies as a man, was barred from using the boys bathroom while at the school for his child's school events. Iowa law designates people must use the restroom of the sex they were born with in public schools.
Iowa AG Bird are asking the courts to intervene in the case. The plaintiffs oppose the Iowa AG's office to interfere but the defendants are welcoming the proposition.
Finnegan alleges in his lawsuit filed in February allege he is being discriminated against due to his gender identity. He claims he had been using the boys restroom any time he needed to use the facilities for the past several years his child went to the district.
In a statement Monday, Bird released the following quote.
“Boys’ restrooms are for boys and girls’ restrooms are for girls,” Attorney General Bird said. “It’s not only common sense—it’s the law. And Iowa law is as clear as day: people must use the restrooms aligned with their biological sex. I’m fighting to make sure parents don’t have to worry about grown adults using the wrong restrooms in their children’s schools.”
