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Maine schools hiding info about students' gender dysphoria from parents: attorney

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An attorney has voiced concern that the Maine Department of Education may be taking advantage of state law to allow social workers to establish a "confidential relationship" with a child to prevent parents from accessing and reviewing education records related to their child's counseling.

An attorney for a Maine mother who sued her daughter's school after a social worker provided the 13-year-old with a chest binder says the instance is not the only time a district within the state concealed information about a child's gender dysphoria from parents.

Amber Lavigne filed a federal lawsuitagainst the Great Salt Bay Community School Board after finding a chest binderin her daughter's room in December 2022. Lavigne also learned that school officials had helped her daughter "socially transition" by using a different name and pronouns when referring to the girl, all without her mother's consent.

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