Maryland parents and politicians are pushing back against a new health curriculum that allows schools to shield from parents the fact that their children have an alternative gender identity or are transitioning to the opposite sex.
A federal court on August 18 dismissed a lawsuit from an anonymous group of parents who attempted to block the implementation of the new guidelines in Montgomery County.
The Montgomery County guidelines (pdf), which have been applied with similar language in Baltimore County and Prince George’s County, say students can have their birth name at home and assume a cross-gender name at school without parents being advised….