The Obama administration is sending out letters to school districts across the country saying students have the right under federal law to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. The directive is not legally enforceable, although it does suggest school districts could face lawsuits or loss of funding if they fail to protect transgender students from discrimination and unequal access to facilities. This comes only days after the Justice Department sued North Carolina over its anti-transgender law, HB 2, which bars transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. It also invalidates local ordinances aimed at protecting LGBT people from discrimination.