Ludlow gender lawsuit may move to Supreme Court
LUDLOW, Mass. (WWLP) – A lawsuit filed by Ludlow parents may now go to the nation's highest court.
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The Massachusetts Family Institute has announced they're petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. The parents sued school officials and the town alleging school employees violated their rights by keeping them in the dark about their 11-year-old's gender transition.
The child told teachers they identified as genderqueer and school employees began referring to the child by their new preferred name and pronouns at school. However, they continued to use the child's former name and pronouns when communicating with parents.
A district court dismissed the suit back in 2022, and the first Circuit Court of Appeals this month upheld that lower court ruling.
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