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community.[1] Doc. 160-1 at Tr. 124–25. Adams plans to attend college upon graduation and aspires to become a doctor. Id. at Tr. 81.
- C. The St. Johns County School District and Its Transgender and Bathroom Policies
The St. Johns County School Board is responsible for providing “proper attention to [the] health, safety, and other matters relating to the welfare of students.” Fla. Stat. § 1001.42(8)(a). The St. Johns County School District educates approximately 40,000 students in 36 different schools, serving grades K–12. Doc. 161 at Tr. 254–55. An enrollment packet is assembled for each new student. Id. at Tr. 229. Part of that packet is the School District’s student information/entry form, which includes a box to check whether the student’s gender is “male” or “female,” as does the Home Language Survey form. Doc. 170, Def. Ex. 142 & 143 (under seal). The paperwork includes a state health form, which has a space to indicate a student’s “sex.” Doc. 170, Def. Ex. 144 (under seal). The enrollment packet also includes a copy of a student’s birth certificate, which, for Florida, lists the student’s “sex.” Doc.
- ↑ “LGBT” is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender. See, e.g., Doc. 152, Def. Ex. 203 at 1 (U.S. Dep’t of Health and Human Services website). “LGBTQ” is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (and/or queer). See, e.g., Doc. 115, Ex. 3 at 2 (American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement); Doc. 152, Def. Ex. 85 at 56 (District of Columbia Public Schools Policy Guidance). To the limited extent that the Court has relied on the materials included in plaintiff’s Request for Judicial Notice of Clinical Guidelines, Resolutions, Standards of Care, and Statements by Major Medical and Mental Health Organizations, that request (Doc. 115) is granted.
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