A New Jersey widower who cannot afford private school is fighting to stop his public school district from treating his gender-confused daughter as a boy against his express wishes, even in its "home education program," and calling child protective services for his resistance.
Parental rights groups, a prominent transgender child psychologist, a mother whose gender-confused daughter killed herself and more than 20 state attorneys general are among more than a dozen friend-of-the-court briefs supporting widower Christin Heaps against the Delaware Valley Regional High School Board of Education.
While the plumber's lawsuit at the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals only affects the mid-Atlantic states for now, Massachusetts parents who already lost in the 1st Circuit are petitioning the Supreme Court to strike down secret social transitions nationwide.
Ludlow Public Schools fired teacher Bonnie Manchester for telling Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri the district transitioned their self-described "genderqueer" 11-year-old behind their backs. A federal judge dismissed Manchester's wrongful-termination lawsuit in April, citing the 1st Circuit's ruling upholding the secret transition policy in the parents' lawsuit.
