Transgender student drops lawsuit challenging SC’s school bathroom law

The student moved out of the state after experiencing harassment for being transgender, his attorneys saidThe student moved out of the state after experiencing harassment for being transgender, his attorneys said.

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 749

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — A lawsuit over which bathrooms transgender students can use came to an end after the student suing moved to a different state, attorneys on the case said.

The transgender high school sophomore, who is unnamed in court documents, filed the lawsuit in federal court in November 2024, when the Berkeley County student was in eighth grade. It challenged a budget clause that barred K-12 public schools from letting transgender students use multi-stalled …

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