Colorado parents sue for right to choose same-sex rooms for kids on school trips

Colorado parents whose daughter went on a Jefferson County Public Schools trip and was assigned to share a bed with a transgender girl filed a federal lawsuit this week over the situation. Under Jeffco Public Schools’ policy, trip supervisors assign students to overnight accommodations with other students based on gender identity rather than the sex assigned at birth. It’s part of the district’s effort to reduce the “stigmatization” of transgender students and ensure equal opportunities for all students while also protecting privacy. The lawsuit filed this week by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group, argues that parents must be notified in advance and allowed to make sure their children are assigned to rooms with students of the same sex