America First Legal Sues Anne Arundel Schools Over 1 Student's Hidden Gender Transition
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 9
America First Legal Sues Anne Arundel Schools Over 1 Student's Hidden Gender Transition
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 9
Summary
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Maryland accuses Anne Arundel County Public Schools of socially transitioning a student without notifying or obtaining consent from her parents.
The complaint says the dispute began in December 2025, when a teacher accidentally emailed the parents using a male name, then tried to recall the message and later admitted the student had requested it.
The parents told school officials to use only their daughter's legal name and sought records, but administrators allegedly refused and said district policy required staff to honor the student's preferred name at school.
America First Legal argues those policies violate the parents' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, citing the Supreme Court's Mirabelli v. Bonta decision as reinforcing parental authority over such decisions.
The case adds to a broader wave of challenges to school gender-identity policies, including AFL's earlier Fairfax County suit and Trump administration pressure on states over parental-notification rules.