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Changing Students’ Names, Pronouns Without Parental Consent Violates Parental Rights: Judge

A Wisconsin school district had said it would not abide by the wishes of parents.
Changing Students’ Names, Pronouns Without Parental Consent Violates Parental Rights: Judge
An activist holds pins about gender pronouns on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyo., on Aug. 13, 2022. Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
10/4/2023|Updated: 10/4/2023
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A Wisconsin school district’s insistence on using different names and pronouns for students claiming to be of another gender violates the rights of parents, a judge ruled on Oct. 3.

The Kettle Moraine School District “went against the parents’ wishes on how to medically treat their child,” Waukesha County Judge Michael Maxwell wrote in his ruling (pdf). “This directly implicates an infringement against the parental autonomy right to direct the care for their child.”
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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