The investigation began after a lawsuit filed by parents against a school in Los Angeles.
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The Department of Justice has launched an investigation against a Los Angeles school whose policies have allowed teachers and school staff to hide a student's transgender identity from their parents.
The investigation is launched after a lawsuit filed by parents, in which it is alleged that the school contributed to the isolation of their son, who later committed suicide. According to the court document, the policy issued in 2019 by the Democratic state governmentadvises teachers and staff to allow students to use the pronouns and baths of their choice, and tells them to “take into consideration the safety, health and well-being of the student when deciding whether to reveal the gender identity of the student to parents”.
The same school that has just been investigated by the Trump administration is also being investigated for a complaint from a student who alleged she was sexually assaulted after district officials ignored her warnings about her assailant.
Harmeet Dhillon, the government's Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights, stated that Trump “will not tolerate policies that deny the fundamental rights of parents” and added that “parents have a fundamental right to the care, custody and control of their children, including the right to direct their upbringing and education.” The Trump administration is investigating California schools for hiding their children's gender change from parents
What the lawsuit filed by the parents alleges The lawsuit filed by
Kathleen Mulligan and Andrew Parke, parents of the teenager Dylan, who died by suicide on March 1, 2024, argues that the death may date back to the 2019-2020 school year, when Dylan, then a second-year student, informed school staff about his plans to declare himself transgender and be called “Aria”.
The brief alleges that the school failed to inform Dylan's parents about the matter and put in place a plan that allowed him to use preferred pronouns and connected him to a therapist, a decision that made it easier to separate Dylan from his family.
“The secrecy policy isolated Dylan instead of helping him. It did not expand educational access or reduce stigma; instead, it separated it from those who were better prepared to address their distress and mental health risks, depriving them of the stability provided by parental participation,” summarizes the demand
. The Trump administration is investigating California schools for hiding their children's gender change from parents
