New York court must reconsider ruling over student’s gender ID

MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit vacated a New York federal court’s finding in favor of a school district that was sued by a mother over its policy of using the name and pronouns that correspond “to the gender identity [her child] consistently asserts at school.” The appellate court remands the matter for review in light of a Supreme Court decision in a California case that blocked schools there from withholding student gender identity or transition status from their parents. The lower court’s ruling is partially affirmed however, because the mother failed to adequately show a likelihood of future harm, so she does not have standing to seek declaratory relief; she put her child in a private school in response to the district’s policy.