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A federal judge in Oregon ruled this week that transgender students have a right to use restrooms that match the gender they identify with.

Judge Marco Hernández of Federal District Court in Portland on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Dallas School District by Parents for Privacy last year seeking to eliminate a policy that previously allowed a transgender boy to use the boys’ locker rooms, restrooms and showers at Dallas High School, The New York Times reported.

Hernández said in his 56-page opinion that parents at the school who don’t think that transgender students should be able to use the bathrooms that correspond with the gender they identify with are welcome to pull their children from the school.

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