Seven unnamed parents have filed a federal lawsuit against an Iowa public school district for hiding students’ gender transitions from their mothers and fathers.
According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, the Linn-Mar Community School District is violating “a century of Supreme Court precedent” by keeping secret “temporary” files on students and punishing classmates who dispute their new genders.
The district’s school board voted April 25 to approve the “Transgender and Students Nonconforming to Gender Role Stereotypes” policy. It allows students starting at age 12 to create a “gender support plan” facilitating their transition to transgender or non-binary sexual identities.