Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District

The trial court declined to allow the parents to sue without at least informing the court and counsel for the other parties to the lawsuit of their identities. The parents appealed that ruling and the intermediate appellate court affirmed the trial court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear their further appeal seeking to proceed anonymously. The parents also are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to require the school district, pending resolution of the case, to inform a student’s parents if a student requests to use a different name or pronouns than they were assigned at birth, even if the student does not consent to the disclosure.

UPDATE: The trial court dismissed the case on November 23, 2022 on the ground that the sole remaining plaintiff did not have any evidence that she predicts, anticipates, or will actually suffer any individual harm from the school district’s guidance. That plaintiff filed an appeal of that dismissal on November 28, 2022.