A Pennsylvania principal must face the civil rights claims filed by the mother of a transgender student who committed suicide after being bullied at school, a federal court said.
Richard Rava failed to show that qualified immunity protected him from Sa’Raya Harden’s claim for sex-based discrimination in violation of the equal protection clause, Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab said Monday for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Harden’s daughter, Adreya, started exhibiting behavioral problems when she was four years old. Through the years, she was off-and-on medication and in therapy, she never really felt comfortable in ...