When he heard the news in February that Trump has rescinded the directive, Zielinski said he was really upset and angry. He said he reached out to numerous news outlets offering to tell his own story with the hope that his experience would help generate awareness about the challenges facing transgender students. Weeks after Trump rescinded the Obama directive, the transgender community suffered another blow when the U.S. Supreme Court declined in early March to hear a case brought by a Virginia transgender high school student, Gavin Grimm, who was suing to use school restrooms that corresponded with his gender identity.