Saturday, February 25, 2017

Apple, other tech giants will support transgender student"s case

Several tech titans plan to sign an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of a 17-year-old transgender student’s fight in court, according to Axios. Apple, Microsoft, IBM, PayPal, eBay, Airbnb, Box, Yelp, GitHub, Salesforce, Slack and Tumblr are expected to back Gavin Grimm’s legal battle against his school board for the right to use the bathroom that matches his gender identity. The amicus brief, created by LGBT organization Human Rights Campaign, will be filed in favor of Grimm for the Supreme Court hearing scheduled to take place on March 28th.

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