A Maine mom is suing her local school board for keeping her 13-year-old daughter’s “gender transition” a secret.
According to the lawsuit, Amber Lavigne found a chest binder — an undergarment used to flatten breasts so as to appear male — in her daughter’s belongings in December. Lavigne then discovered that a school social worker had given the chest binder to her daughter in October and was counseling her about transitioning genders. To make matters worse, the social worker told Lavigne’s daughter the school would not inform her parents about her transition and she would not need to tell them about it, either.
BREAKING: A Maine school counselor encouraged a 13-year-old child’s gender transition—without the mom’s consent or knowledge.
Now, Goldwater is suing the school board in federal court for violating that parent’s constitutionally protected parental rights: https://t.co/EUhYEUUfhY
— Goldwater Institute (@GoldwaterInst) April 5, 2023
When Lavigne contacted school administrators about her daughter, officials tried to justify the counselor’s actions and referred to Lavigne’s daughter using a male name and pronouns.
“This was no accident: my daughter’s public school counselor deliberately tried to keep me in the dark, encouraging my daughter’s gender transition and encouraging her to hide it from me,” Lavigne said in a statement. “When school officials found out, they actually defended the counselor’s actions, trampling on my constitutional rights at every turn. I deserve to know what’s happening to my child — the secrecy needs to stop.”
Attorneys for the conservative advocacy group, the Goldwater Institute, are suing the Great
