{"id":6130,"date":"2017-03-22T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2023-05-20T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T10:05:07","slug":"apple-lyft-amazon-support-trans-teen-historic-supreme-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/apple-lyft-amazon-support-trans-teen-historic-supreme-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Lyft, Amazon Support Trans Teen in Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Grimm is out for justice.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old just wanted to be treated like any other student at Gloucester High School, Virginia. &#8220;You know, like use the bathroom without being questioned or singled out by his teachers and admin. But if there&#8217;s one thing we could all have used more of at 17 it&#8217;s mind-melting <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">insecurities. Right?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well, after coming out as a trans boy, the school decided Gavin wasn\u2019t allowed to use the men\u2019s restroom. Cue a lot of people saying, \u201cHey, that\u2019s called gender discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gavin sued the school district and the case has climbed all the way to the Supreme Court. Now he\u2019s the nation-wide poster child for the rights of LGBTQ youth in schools. Gavin\u2019s dad, who\u2019s a trades supervisor at a shipyard in Virginia, iterated that this isn\u2019t for fame. It\u2019s about validating and protecting his son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great piece by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinGrimmVA\">@GavinGrimmVA<\/a> on his fight for transgender equality. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mgIMO8Pt0V\">https:\/\/t.co\/mgIMO8Pt0V<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lennyletter\">@lennyletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU National (@ACLU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLU\/status\/864867773402554368\">May 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While America holds its breath, waiting on what the Supreme Court will say, a lot of important people are stepping up in solidarity. Fifty-three companies \u2013 including Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and Lyft \u2013 signed a brief saying that this treatment of Gavin is unconstitutional. These companies are campaigning, in essence. So don&#8217;t forget that every dollar you spend goes to a company that has A LOT of political sway. Your choice is your power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood corporate leaders are listening to their customers and their employees and being asked to do the right thing. This isn\u2019t about some left-leaning CEOs tweeting on the coasts, but big marquee American brands standing up for what\u2019s right,\u201d says Chris Allieri, LGBTQ activist and founder of a leading marketing firm.<\/p>\n<p>HT RaceAhead<\/p>\n<p><em>If this interested you, we think you&#8217;ll like <a href=\"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/texas-dad-stands-trans-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our piece<\/a> on what the father of a trans son has to say to our country.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Grimm is out for justice. The 17-year-old just wanted to be treated like any other student at Gloucester High School, Virginia. &#8220;You know, like use the bathroom without being questioned or singled out by his teachers and admin. But if there&#8217;s one thing we could all have used more of at 17 it&#8217;s mind-melting insecurities. Right?&#8221; Well, after coming\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[399,400,401,89,402,403,152,153,157,158,404,156],"class_list":["post-6130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-resilience","category-new-paths","tag-amazon","tag-apple","tag-bathroom-bill","tag-conscious-capitalism","tag-gavin-grimm","tag-gloucester-virginia","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq","tag-social-business","tag-social-enterprise","tag-supreme-court","tag-trans-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple, Lyft, Amazon Support Trans Teen in Supreme Court - New Sincerity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/apple-lyft-amazon-support-trans-teen-historic-supreme-court-case\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple, Lyft, Amazon Support Trans Teen in Supreme Court - New Sincerity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gavin Grimm is out for justice. 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