Court rejects request to rehear gender dysphoria case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a request to rehear a case that found gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. A three-judge panel of the Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became in August the first federal appellate court in the country to find the landmark federal law protects people with gender dysphoria. That’s a condition that causes anguish and other symptoms as a result of a disparity between a person’s gender identity and their assigned sex at birth. Transgender woman Kesha Williams had sued a sheriff’s office for housing her in a jail with men.