Maine School Beats Mother’s Suit Over Child Given Chest Binder

A Maine school is off the hook for a lawsuit filed by a mother because she wasn’t told that her child was given a chest binder and used different pronouns, the First Circuit said.

The mother, April Lavigne, didn’t prove the Great Salt Bay Community School had a policy of withholding or concealing information from parents about their child’s gender identity, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said in an opinion Monday upholding the district court’s dismissal of the case.

Judge Lara E. Montecalvo, who wrote for the three-judge panel, knocked down arguments that the school had ...