Gavin Grimm's Fight for Transgender Rights: 'I'm in it For the Long Haul'

Mar 06, 2017, 09:55 PM
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Gavin Grimm, a high school senior in Virginia, was sitting in class when he got the news on Monday morning: the historic moment he had been preparing for later this month at the Supreme Court would not be happening — maybe for several months, maybe for another year or two.

But the 17-year-old, who has spent half his high-school career fighting his school board for the right to use the boys' room at school, sounded calm and defiant on a call with reporters Monday afternoon.