Supreme Court Upholds School's Right to Support Trans Students

0:00On April 20th, the Supreme Court just turned down a case from parents in Ludlow, Massachusetts who wanted to sue their local school district. Teachers and officials there backed a middle school kid's choice to go by a new name and pronouns after the 11-year-old identified as genderqueer. But they kept it secret from mom and dad unless the child said otherwise. Parents, Stephen Fudd and Marissa Silvestri argued this violated their constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment to guide their child. Upbringing, a federal judge tossed the suit back in 2022 and the first circuit court of appeals backed that up this year, saying using different. Names or pronouns at school doesn't count as medical treatment. These spites over school supporting trans or non-binary kids without telling parents are popping up everywhere across the country. The Supreme Court already said no to similar challenges from Wisconsin and Maryland last year. Meanwhile, with its 6-3 conservative lean, the court's handling other big trans issues like upholding Tennessee's ban on gender care for.

1:03Miners last June and the decisions coming soon on states keeping male-born athletes out of girls' sports. Bottom line, parental rights versus student privacy and gender stuff keeps heating up. And for now, schools and places like Massachusetts can keep. Handling it their way without this kind of lawsuit sticking. That's the story for today, U.S. News Today, driven by AI. I'm Cory with the story.