PORTLAND, Maine (AP) 鈥� A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen鈥檚 gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her.
Amber Lavigne filed her notice of appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, weeks after a she failed to establish legal claims for which the school district could be held liable.
The contended the mother had a 鈥渞ight to control and direct the care, custody, education, upbringing and healthcare decisions of her children,鈥� and that Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta violated her constitutional right by keeping the student鈥檚 gender expression from parents.
Lavigne, who has since begun home-schooling her teen, contends school officials urged her then-13-year-old not to tell parents about the chest binder, in addition to the new name and pronouns.
The lawsuit is the latest to weigh a minor鈥檚 right to privacy when confiding in a mental health professional against a parent鈥檚 right to supervise their children鈥檚 health and education.
The Associated Press
