Transgender Bathroom Case to Get U.S. Supreme Court Review

The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a blockbuster case over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a high school student from using the boys’ bathroom.

The justices will review a ruling that said the Gloucester County school board is probably violating federal civil rights law with a policy that reserves the boys’ restrooms for “biological” males.

At issue is the U.S. Education Department’s interpretation of sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. But a Supreme Court decision on how Title IX should be interpreted could affect whether bias ...