School lied, hid daughter's gender transition under district policy, parents allege
A Maryland school district is being sued after parents accused school officials of hiding their daughter's social gender transition and then citing district policy to justify keeping them in the...
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A Maryland school district is being sued after parents accused school officials of hiding their daughter's social gender transition and then citing district policy to justify keeping them in the dark. America First Legal (AFL) is leading the lawsuit on behalf of anonymous parents identified as John and Jane Doe. The plaintiffs argue Anne Arundel County Public Schools' policies violate their First and 14th Amendment rights, as well as similar provisions of the Maryland Constitution. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The lawsuit is part of a growing wave of legal challenges targeting school districts with policies allowing staff to withhold information about a student's gender identity from parents. It also comes months after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta, which America First Legal says reinforced parents' constitutional rights over decisions involving their children. Ian Prior, senior advisor at America First Legal and counsel for the plaintiffs, said the district ignored that precedent. NBC ANCHOR FORCED TO EXPLAIN USE OF TERM 'BIOLOGICAL MALE' DURING COVERAGE OF SUPREME COURT RULING "The school system was referring to our client's daughter by a male name and assuming a male identity for their daughter, and they didn't approve that. And they weren't told of that. And when they did find out about it, and they questioned the school, they were quite frankly lied to about it," Prior told Fox News Digital. "They said this is not going to happen anymore. We deny consent. And the school said, 'Well, too bad, that's the law.' Unfortunately, for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, that is not the law." Prior said the Supreme Court made clear in Mirabelli that " parents have a fundamental right to raise their children" and argued schools cannot facilitate a child's social transition without parental notice and consent. According to the complaint, the dispute began in December 2025 after a teache…