Friday, February 24, 2017

Gavin Grimm: On the National Stage

“No one was in a rush to bring this case to the Supreme Court,” said Joshua Block, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents Mr. Grimm. “Gavin didn’t choose this fight; this fight happened to Gavin. But now that we are here, lives are at stake, and they are at stake in a way that is even more acute because you don’t have a federal government anymore to protect us.”
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But asking him about his career plans brings a Gavin-like answer — wry and pointed.

“I want to be,” he said, “someone who doesn’t have to talk about where he is going to use the bathroom.”

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