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<p>EASTON, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A federal judge is set to hear a lawsuit by students who say an eastern Pennsylvania school district&#8217;s transgender locker room policy violates their privacy and amounts to sexual harassment.</p><p>The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative group, is representing the four Boyertown Area School District students. They argue that their right to not undress in front of someone of the opposite sex is being violated.</p><p>The suit says a plaintiff, identified as Joel Doe, was changing into gym clothes in the boys&#8217; locker room when he saw a student, wearing shorts and a bra, who had recently begun transitioning from female to male.</p><p>The district says its policy allowing students to use facilities corresponding to their stated gender identity is legal.</p><p>A judge set a hearing for Monday in Easton.</p><style>
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Judge set to hear lawsuit regarding Berks County school’s transgender policy