Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin has joined 11 other states suing the federal government over its transgender bathroom policy.
The policy requires local school districts to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity and not their birth gender.
In a statement Friday, Bevin said the federal government has “no authority to dictate local school districts' bathroom and locker room policies.”
He also criticized Attorney General Andy Beshear for not joining the lawsuit. In an email Thursday, Beshear didn’t rule out joining the lawsuit, but said at this point “any decision is premature.”
Beshear said neither the federal government nor Bevin had clearly articulated their legal positions on the issue.
Bevin cited the 10th Amendment in his statement, saying that the state would fight “federal overreach into state and local issues.”
