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Posted: 2017-02-23T01:14:57Z | Updated: 2017-02-23T01:14:57Z

Gavin Grimm has a message for the government officials who maneuvered to roll back federal protections for transgender students: He and other transgender students just want the ability to enjoy school.

Transgender students pose no threat to the safety or privacy of non-transgender students. We all just want to be able to do well and succeed in school while still being able to be ourselves, Grimm said by phone Wednesday.

Grimm is the transgender teen whose fight to use the school bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity will soon be heard by the Supreme Court. Grimms case has been in the spotlight for years, but it has become even more relevant in recent weeks.

At the Grammy Awards this month, actress Laverne Cox gave Grimm a shoutout onstage. On Wednesday, the Trump administration reversed the Obama-era guidance that promoted protections for transgender students. It had instructed schools to allow students to use the restrooms that match their gender identity, but the Trump administration said that decision should be left to states and localities.

Grimms case for which oral arguments will begin in March could definitively resolve these questions. But while Grimm anticipates the cases outcome, President Donald Trump s actions do not make life easier for the teen, who is a high school senior.

As a transgender student and thinking about transgender students everywhere, hearing that your presidential administration has gone out of its way just to further discriminate against you ... its very upsetting and disappointing news, Grimm said.