Judge dismisses lawsuit by mother who said school hid teen's gender expression

A national justice has dismissed a suit by a Maine pistillate who accused schoolhouse officials of encouraging her teen’s sex look without consulting her

PORTLAND, Maine -- A national justice dismissed a suit brought by a Maine pistillate who accused schoolhouse officials of encouraging her teen’s sex look by providing a thorax binder and utilizing a caller sanction and pronouns, without consulting parents.

U.S. District Judge Jon Levy acknowledged his determination that a parent specified arsenic Amber Lavigne “might expect schoolhouse officials to support her informed astir however her kid is navigating matters related to sex identity” but helium concluded that she failed to found ineligible claims for which the schoolhouse territory could beryllium held liable.

The suit filed past twelvemonth was the latest to measurement a minor’s close to privateness erstwhile confiding successful a intelligence wellness nonrecreational against a parent’s close to supervise their children’s wellness and education.

According to the lawsuit, a schoolhouse counsellor provided the thorax binder and acquisition connected however to usage it. The mother, who has since begun home-schooling her teen, said the schoolhouse besides began calling the 13-year-old by a antithetic sanction and pronouns.

The suit contended the parent had a “right to power and nonstop the care, custody, education, upbringing and healthcare decisions of her children,” and that Great Salt Bay Community School successful Damariscotta violated her law close by keeping the student's sex look from parents.

The justice antecedently dismissed claims against idiosyncratic schoolhouse officials. The remaining assertion against the schoolhouse committee was dismissed by the justice successful his May 3 order.