‘Social contagion’: California couple sues LA schools for trans ‘secrecy policy’ after teen’s suicide

A Los Angeles high school’s “secrecy policy” kept a California couple in the dark about their only child’s gender identity, helped “sever” the family’s relationship — and ultimately drove the teen to suicide, his parents alleged.

Staff treated Dylan’s transition “as an absolute directive and affirmed and reinforced it enthusiastically and with praise and support,” while also giving him information on housing for LGBTQ youth, according to the lawsuit.

The school’s interactions with the teenager allegedly destroyed the Parke family — leaving the parents confused and “walking on eggshells” and Dylan “withdrawn, oppositional, and distrustful.”

A lawyer for the couple noted the irony of the district’s policy.
“In schools, parents must give permission for nearly everything, including receiving medicine, school trips . . . yet the secrecy policy at issue excluded parents from the incredibly consequential decision to transition their child,” attorney Aaron Siri told The Post.

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Dylan Parke was already struggling to fit in as a sophomore at Palisades Charter High School in 2019-2020 when he told school staffers he was transitioning to female, would use she/her pronouns and…

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[mattfivefour]

I pray they win a massive victory!

 

[KMendel]

Sadly, any legal victory will be shallow, as it will not bring their only child back to them. Perhaps a victory in a court of law would stop schools from doing this again to other families, tho....,..

 

[Hol]

Sadly, any legal victory will be shallow, as it will not bring their only child back to them. Perhaps a victory in a court of law would stop schools from doing this again to other families, tho....,..

 

[Baby Yoda]

The school’s interactions with the teenager allegedly destroyed the Parke family — leaving the parents confused and “walking on eggshells” and Dylan “withdrawn, oppositional, and distrustful.”