DOJ investigates... parents claim trans rights policy led to child’s death

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

DOJ investigates LA public schools after parents claim trans rights policy led to child's death[/b]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/doj-investigates-la-public-schools-after-parents-claim-trans-rights-policy-led-to-childs/ 🔗

Molly Sprayregen (9 April 2026)

The Trump administration is investigating the anti-discrimination policies of the Los Angeles Unified School District in response to parents who filed a lawsuit claiming the district is responsible for their trans child's death.

Kathleen Mulligan and Andrew Parke allege the school's decision not to inform them that their child was beginning a social transition isolated them and ultimately led them to take their own life two years after graduating from Palisades Charter High School, the New York Times reports.

The lawsuit says the school connected the child with a therapist and allowed them to go by new pronouns without informing them. (LGBTQ Nation has chosen not to use the child's name and to refer to them with gender neutral pronouns, since it is unclear what they preferred at the time of their death).

The complaint reportedly claims the school "actively took steps to facilitate the separation" of the child from their family.

"The secrecy policy isolated [the child] rather than helping [them]," it says. "It did not expand educational access or reduce stigma; instead, it cut [them] off from those best equipped to address [their] distress and mental health risks, depriving [them] of the stability parental involvement provides."

The district's anti-discrimination policy allows school officials to use their discretion when it comes to outing trans kids to their parents and encourages schools to do so in only extremely limited circumstances.

[Lori Dee ✅]

Too often, parents assume their child is property that they can and should completely control. Nobody seems to ask what the child wanted. Perhaps there is a reason the child did not talk to the parents about such things. Perhaps the child did not want the parents to know. What rights does the child have to privacy?

My father was like that. He disagreed with who my friends were, the ones I hung out with. He forbade me from hanging out with them, which meant I had to sneak out at night. Then he contacted the school counselor to change my classes so that I would not be in contact with any of them. The counselor refused, then told me about the request. That erupted into a fight (literally a fistfight), and I was moved to a foster home. I ran away and left the state.

Parents believe that they have the child's best interests in mind, but that is not always the case. To allow a parent absolute control without consulting the child's wishes is wrong. If the child is very young and unable to decide for themselves, it makes sense. By high school, they have an idea of the shape they want their life to take.

We are not talking about criminal activity here. That is not the reason the parents could or would have objected.