Bathroom access has become one of the most personal and politicized issues facing transgender and nonbinary students in Florida. At its core, this is not about politics—it is about safety, dignity, and whether students can get through the school day without fear or disruption.

Across Florida, school districts are quietly repealing or rewriting their policies around diversity, equity, and inclusion, often without public discussion and sometimes without clear justification. These rollbacks are part of a broader political campaign to eliminate DEI programs in public education, but the impacts are deeply personal.

Title IX is one of the strongest tools students have when it comes to fighting discrimination in schools. This federal law, first passed in 1972, prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or educational program that receives federal funding. For a long time, many LGBTQ+ students didn’t know whether that protection applied to them.