It was early December when mom Amber Lavigne found her 13-year-old daughter’s chest binder.
Lavigne revealed to the school board of the Great Salt Bay Community School that Sam Roy, a social worker at the school, had provided her daughter with a breast binder without her knowledge or consent.
Breast binders are devices used to flatten the appearance of breasts. Advocates for gender ideology view them as stepping stones to eventual double mastectomies, surgeries that remove healthy breast tissue. The devices are often used to begin social gender transitions for biological females.
Lavigne also said school employees had started to use masculine pronouns to refer to her daughter as part of the social transition they began without her knowledge.
The 13-year-old girl told her mother Roy advised her to keep the gender transition a secret from her parents, an act which may constitute a violation of the school’s personnel policies.
“A social worker at the school encouraged a student to keep a secret from her parents,” said Lavigne.
No one had bothered to notify Lavigne.
A tweet was posted of “Sam Roy, the social worker at Great Salt Bay School who sexually transitioned a student by providing a 13-year-old a chest binder without her mother knowing and encouraged the minor child to keep it a secret.”
This is Sam Roy, the social worker at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta, ME who sexually transitioned a student by providing a 13 year old a chest binder without her mother knowing and encouraged the minor child to keep it a secret. https://t.co/avtoQUU7gw pic.twitter.com/tu3Gj6qxVk
— Shawn McBreairty ?? (@ShawnMcBreairty) December 17, 2022
Lavigne demanded answers, but for the most part, she said, school district leaders and school-board members have been defensive and evasive. She is now represented by lawyers from the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, who argue that the school’s actions are unconstitutional and violate Lavigne’s rights as a parent to direct the education, upbringing, and health care of her child.
Last week, the Goldwater Institute sent a demand letter to the chairman of the Great Salt Bay school board, calling for an investigation into the counselor’s actions, and calling for the board to update its policies to make it clear that parents must be informed of any decisions affecting the mental health and physical well-being of their children.
“Parents aren’t going to be able to effectively ensure the safety of their kids if they’re missing out on critical information involving their kids,” said Goldwater Institute lawyer Adam Shelton.
Lavigne joins a growing list of parents across the country taking legal action and calling out school leaders for keeping them in the dark about important health issues involving their children, including evidence of possible gender dysphoria. If schools are aware that children in their care are struggling with their mental health, it is critical that parents be aware, they say.
100 Percent Fedup explained it further:
Goldwater Institute also said the school’s actions broke the Fourteen Amendment. In a letter, Attorney Adam Shelton stated that Lavigne has a “fundamental constitutional right to control and direct the education, upbringing, and healthcare decisions of her daughter.” They also noted that while students have access to confidential mental healthcare at school, social transitioning is “not protected by statutory confidentiality.”
The letter also said, “The social transitioning of Ms. Lavigne’s daughter without her notice, consent, or involvement in the process alone violated her constitutional rights.”
She believes her daughter’s gender confusion is “110 percent” the result of the increased discussion on the topic in schools and society,
‘I have people in my life who work in other public schools in Maine. This is happening everywhere: One day, this girl is declaring she’s a boy, and a week later, she’s deciding she’s not,’ she told the outlet.
Sources: 100PercentFedUp, DailyMail
