Sat Jan 28, 2023 – 3:35 pm EST
MADISON, Wisconsin (LifeSiteNews) — Wisconsin parents are suing a Madison school district over a “gender support plan” that advises teachers to hide students’ struggles with gender dysphoria from parents, despite the catastrophic risks of doing so.
The Daily Caller reports that Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) instructs school staff to share information about a student’s “gender identity and pronouns” only “based on the student’s preferences or as outlined in their gender support plan,” because “[s]tudents have the right to speak freely about their identity, but school staff do not.”
In response, four parents are anonymously suing the district, arguing that a “preemptive lawsuit is the only way to prevent lifelong harm to minors and preserve parents’ constitutional rights, because parents cannot be expected to know either the future or what the District is hiding from them. No professional organization recommends that untrained school officials secretly facilitate gender transitions without involving parents and experts.”
Studies find that more than 80% of children experiencing gender dysphoria outgrow it on their own by late adolescence, and that even full “reassignment” surgery often fails to resolve gender-confused individuals’ heightened tendency to engage
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