Florida’s parents who led the movement of parents’ rights and restricting teaching in the classroom for gender and sexuality are asking the US Supreme Court to confirm their rights in a dispute over their child who wants to use them and “names” at school.
About four years in January. And Jeffrey Littlejohn’s argument collapsed in two federal courts. They say that the Leon County school system violated their constitutional rights when its staff created a secret “gender support plan” for their child, who was 13 at the time.
Littlejohns first filed a lawsuit in 2021. Since then January. Littlejohn’s national profile rose in the movement to confirm parents’ rights in schools. Several Republican states have followed an example of Florida to limit, for example, LGBTQ+ discussions in schools and create a mandatory reporting policy for students who seek to express different pronouns.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, the center, talked about the establishment of the Parental Rights Bureau at the Attorney General’s Office at a press conference held on Tuesday morning at the Jacksonville Classical Academy, 2025. April 29th. Jacksonville, Fla. Uthmeier said the new office would protect parents’ rights. “We want to make sure that parents are involved (growth, education, health care choice and training program for their children).” The role of the government is not to raise children. This role is reserved, that is, God, given to the right to give parents. “Said Uthmeier. Uthmeier was released on the right of January Littlejohn, mother and parents’ right -wing activist. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
September 3 The Littlejohns asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision of the US District Court on March 11, where the jury approved the decision to dismiss the action.
The application states that the lower courts were “confused” by making decisions in the past and that the supreme court of the nation should review this case to answer one main question: whether Leon County State School violated parents’ main constitutional right to make decisions about their child.
“Although the policy of parental application is one of the most important constitutional disputes in the nation, the issue asked is even more influenced,” the parent’s request states.
The petition was submitted to the Supreme Court of the Nation by lawyers for a campaign for the rights of the child and parents – a non -profit law firm -oriented law firm that focuses on parental rights, and a conservative law firm known as the winning orientation Supreme Court case, provided that it could not take longer to take the race.
Parental Rights Defender January Littlejohn (second from left) stands as President Donald Trump recognized it, during the address to the Congress Session in Capitol in Washington, DC, 2025. March 4th.
President Donald Trump called the Congress “Bold Defender” to Congress in Congress as a “bold lawyer.” She was the first Mrs. Melania Trump special guest.
The case received national attention, especially Ron Desanto, the chief, who was in 2022. Advocated the law confirming parents’ rights in the field of education, called “Don’t Say Gay”. This allows parents to bring an action against school districts for unacceptable training programs and prohibit teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation in classes.
As parents’ rights have become a national problem
The argument raised by the Littlejohns became popular between conservative lawmakers and officials, although the lower courts did not buy it. However, the invitation in Florida has made a major influence on parental rights.
After signing the “Law on Parental Education”, legislators continued to further improve their parental laws. 2023 The State Education Council approved to prohibit this training in all classes, not just in kindergarten to third grade.
In addition, 2023. The descent signed a bill (HB 1069), which states that the person’s gender “is an immutable biological feature and that it is false to attribute a person to a pronoun that does not correspond to the sex of such a person.” This law has also banned teachers from using their desired pronouns in classes and ban books in school libraries with LGBTQ+ topics that “describe sexual behavior”.
Courtney Walker is shown with her pride color mask on Tuesday, 2022. On May 3, in the building of Duwal County State Schools in Jacksonville. Hundreds went out to support, protest and speak at the Duwal District School Council meeting about their support and frustration with the Rights of Florida State Parents’ Rights in the draft Law on Education, which Ronas Destasi signed a bill and reorganize the current LGBTQ+ support manager.
These laws have been challenged in many claims, from which teachers claiming that the administration is violating the first amendment, restricting the use of their pronouns, or that the law used to eliminate thousands of books in Florida was unconstitutionally restricting the free word and expression.
On national scale, these issues have emerged as Florida became known as no. 1 in the nation for book insurance, according to Pen America Free Language Group.
Trump’s third presidential campaign praised his parents’ rights and noted the topics of legislation that already existed in Florida, such as “indoctrination” in schools. January The President signed an executive order called “End of Radical Indoctrination” by ordering federal agencies to block funds for schools, including training programs with “gender ideology” and “critical races theory”.
The student wanted to express them, pronouns
According to the court, the 13-year-old Littlejohns 13-year-old child asked to use a masculine name and pass by before the school year. January Littlejohn told the child’s teacher that they do not want their child to use a different name or pronouns at birth, but the child can use “J” as a “nickname”.
E -mail The letters previously received by the Talahassee Democrat, a member of the USA Today Network shows that Littlejohn told the teacher that she would “not stop her” if the child would like to go with an alternative name with teachers. The teacher asked to share information with other teachers, and Littlejohn replied, “Whatever you think, best, or (name edited) can handle it.”
Another email The letter on the same day showed that Littlejohn says that “gender situation was threw out for a loop” and that it would “allow (child) to take the initiative”.
The child told the school advisor the changes they want in their name and pronouns, and the Littlejohns was not announced about the school system policy manager at the time, which prompted the original claim.
US District Judge Mark Walker in Talahasi 2023 Dismissed the action and the Federal Court of Appeal confirmed the Walker’s decision two years later.
This content of reports is supported by partnership with Freedom Forum and journalism financing partners. The first amendment journalist Stephany Matat is located in Talahasi, FLA, the USA Today Network-Florida. It can be contacted by email. By email [email protected]. X: @stephanymatat.
This article initially appeared in the Talhasi Democrat: Parents apply