Transgender bathroom legal fight reaches Supreme Court

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The legal fight over transgender bathroom rights reached the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time on Wednesday as a Virginia county school board sought to block an order that lets a student who was born a girl but now identifies as male use the boys' bathroom. Transgender rights have become an increasing divisive issue in the United States, and the use of public bathrooms has been a key part of the controversy. The Gloucester County School Board filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court in a bid to prevent high school student Gavin Grimm, 17, from using the boys' bathroom when school resumes in September while litigation in the case continues.