It appears that California’s transgender battles have spread to Oregon.

A transgender college sophomore has been barred from living in all-male dorms, and now his lawyer has lodged a federal complaint against the university.

George Fox University, a Christian school in Newberg, Ore., says officials denied Jayce’s December request to live with his male friends because of the school’s “theological commitments.” The university says it’s in the process of implementing a policy that only permits housing arrangements based on birth sex, according to a letter obtained by PQ Monthly, a Portland-based LGBT magazine.

At the time, the university gave the student, who identifies as male, two alternative living options for the 2014-2015 school year, according to the outlet. The first option was to live off campus with his male roommates, as long as he notified their parents about the arrangement and changed his name and sex on his driver’s license and social security card. The other option was to live alone.

“While I appreciate university administrators meeting with me regarding my housing requests, their ultimate decision makes me feel rejected, misunderstood, and punished for something I cannot change,” Jayce told PQ Monthly.

After the student’s latest appeal was denied on April 3, lawyer Paul Southwick filed a Title IX discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education. As Portland news outlet KATU notes, Title IX requires universities that receive federal funding must employ equal treatment of all sexes.

“[T]hey were unwilling to listen to him,” Southwick told the outlet. “And so he had to take the next step to protect himself.”

…The school also addressed the discrimination complaint.

“The university has researched the student’s attorney’s legal claims and believes they are without merit, especially given the religious nature of the university,” the statement reads. “The university has made many efforts to provide support and accommodation for the student and remains committed to his academic, physical, emotional and spiritual welfare.”