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 little choice in this matter. The evidence at trial established that using the girls’ restroom at school hindered Mr. Adams’s clinical treatment for gender dysphoria. Because of the bathroom policy, Mr. Adams had to use single-stall restrooms at school. This marked him as different from his peers because he is transgender.

On the basis of this evidence, the District Court found that Mr. Adams “suffered emotional damage, stigmatization and shame from not being permitted to use the boys’ restroom at school.”, 318 F. Supp. 3d at 1327. These consequences are well-recognized as injurious. , 858 F.3d at 1045–47 (affirming a finding of irreparable harm because excluding a transgender student from the boys’ restroom “stigmatized” the student and caused him “significant psychological distress” including “depression and anxiety” (quotation marks omitted));, 845 F.3d 217, 221–22 (6th Cir. 2016) (per curiam) (affirming a finding of irreparable harm because excluding a young transgender student “from the girls’ restrooms has already had substantial and immediate adverse effects on [her] daily life[,] … health[,] and well-being”); , 576 U.S. ___, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 2602 (2015)