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Secret school transitions got the green light from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals (Boston) this week.
They sat on this hot potato for 17 months after argument and now issue it per curiam (not ID'ing the author among 3 judges).
1 of the original judges, Lipez, recused.
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Foote v. Ludlow concerns Baird Middle School in western Mass.
Court says pronouns, like sex, are given to babies at birth.
The court uses "gender-neutral 'they/them'" for the girl, who was 11 at the time of secret transition.
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The folksy writing style sounds like Judge Rogeriee Thompson, who has written spirited trans decisions before.
https://t.co/hqYMjLWh5C
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The parents in this case had two kids at Baird Middle School.
Teachers cheerfully transed both of them (it's unclear if both transitions were kept secret from parents or just one).
5.
The school district adopted a policy of hiding kids' social transitions from parents. It's aligned with state guidance, all on the up-and-up.
So no need to write it down.
6.
The court makes it sound like the parents' lawyers, @cprc_official , used the term "core gender." They did not! Their brief quoted the term.
Very underhanded by the court. Trying to embarrass honorable gender-critical attorneys.
7.
The parents argued that social transition is a mental health intervention. They briefed this meticulously.
Court rejects the argument because any idiot can use a pronoun.
The parents argue they shouldn't. Any idiot can stick you with a needle, that doesn't make it trivial.
8.
The judges say this so trans activists can argue in the future that social transition is a "necessary medical care."
9.
Obligatory analogy to homophobia.
Judges: the gender-confused kids you are hurting with this opinion are disproportionately gay.
The homophobe is you!
BTW, the Ludlow parents didn't raise religion as an issue. Could be secular libs for all we know.
10.
Does the masonry book tell kids they must examine their soul to determine if they are a mason, and might become hopelessly depressed if they do not lay bricks?
11.
Court says social transition is good for "transgender students." How does it know? Not by analyzing studies, but by reading other court decisions.
Trans activists scored a lot of legal wins before gender-critical lawyers got in gear. Now those daffy opinions haunt us.
12.
Here's the decision allowing New England schools to secretly transition 11-year olds
https://t.co/lSjohFdxRt
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Secret school transitions got the green light from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals (Boston) this week.
They sat on this hot potato for 17 months after argument and now issue it per curiam (not ID'ing the author among 3 judges).
1 of the original judges, Lipez, recused.2.
Foote v. Ludlow concerns Baird Middle School in western Mass.
Court says pronouns, like sex, are given to babies at birth.
The court uses "gender-neutral 'they/them'" for the girl, who was 11 at the time of secret transition. 3.
The folksy writing style sounds like Judge Rogeriee Thompson, who has written spirited trans decisions before.
https://t.co/hqYMjLWh5C 4.
The parents in this case had two kids at Baird Middle School.
Teachers cheerfully transed both of them (it's unclear if both transitions were kept secret from parents or just one). 5.
The school district adopted a policy of hiding kids' social transitions from parents. It's aligned with state guidance, all on the up-and-up.
So no need to write it down. 6.
The court makes it sound like the parents' lawyers, @cprc_official , used the term "core gender." They did not! Their brief quoted the term.
Very underhanded by the court. Trying to embarrass honorable gender-critical attorneys. 7.
The parents argued that social transition is a mental health intervention. They briefed this meticulously.
Court rejects the argument because any idiot can use a pronoun.
The parents argue they shouldn't. Any idiot can stick you with a needle, that doesn't make it trivial. 8.
The judges say this so trans activists can argue in the future that social transition is a "necessary medical care." 9.
Obligatory analogy to homophobia.
Judges: the gender-confused kids you are hurting with this opinion are disproportionately gay.
The homophobe is you!
BTW, the Ludlow parents didn't raise religion as an issue. Could be secular libs for all we know. 10.
Does the masonry book tell kids they must examine their soul to determine if they are a mason, and might become hopelessly depressed if they do not lay bricks? 11.
Court says social transition is good for "transgender students." How does it know? Not by analyzing studies, but by reading other court decisions.
Trans activists scored a lot of legal wins before gender-critical lawyers got in gear. Now those daffy opinions haunt us. 12.
Here's the decision allowing New England schools to secretly transition 11-year olds
https://t.co/lSjohFdxRt
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