A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by parents who claimed that public school officials in Massachusetts encouraged their children to change their names and pronouns.
Former Education Secretary Bill Bennett calls out gender identity lessons as 'quackery' and warns about the significance of education in the midterm elections.who claimed public school officials in Massachusetts encouraged their children to change their names and pronouns without their consent.
Mastroianni deemed that policy"imperfect,""flawed," and not in accordance with non-binding state guidance regarding transgender students,Parents Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri claimed in the suit, which was filed in April, that their child was encouraged by school officials at Paul R. Baird Middle School in Ludlow to adopt a new name and different gendered pronouns.
Mastroianni, an Obama appointee, expressed"apprehension" in his ruling about the school's actions and gender policy, but ultimately decided that withholding information about the plaintiffs' children did not meet the threshold of being shocking to the conscience. The judge cited the complex nature of the issue and the conflicting interests at play as the reason for his decision.
Mastroianni pointed out that Massachusetts law"recognizes gender identity as a personal characteristic deserving of protection from discrimination" and does not"provide exceptions to permit parents to override a school’s decision to support students who identify as transgender or gender nonconforming."
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