Supreme Court Rejects Colorado Parents’ Challenge on School Gender Meetings

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Above: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2025. Image copyright: MEHMET ESER/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Colorado schools are following state law to protect LGBTQ+ students, ensuring they can safely attend GSAs, use their chosen names and pronouns, and access facilities consistent with their gender identity. These protections exist because outing students without consent can cause serious harm. Court challenges that emphasize parental rights over student privacy threaten these protections and put students’ safety and rights to privacy, identity and participation in supportive school spaces at risk.

One Colorado

Right narrative

Schools are systematically undermining parental authority by secretly transitioning children behind parents' backs. A 12-year-old was lured to what she thought was an art club, only to be told she was transgender and encouraged to keep it secret from her parents. These predatory policies deliberately exclude parents from their children's most important decisions while fostering dangerous secrecy that destroys family bonds. The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case signals a troubling disregard for parental rights.

America First Policy Institute