{"id":2371820,"date":"2024-11-21T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-father-who-lost-court-fight-over-transitioning-son-vows-appeal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:54:52","slug":"texas-father-who-lost-court-fight-over-transitioning-son-vows-appeal-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-father-who-lost-court-fight-over-transitioning-son-vows-appeal-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas father who lost court fight over transitioning son vows appeal &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-father-who-lost-court-fight-over-transitioning-son-vows-appeal-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u200b Texas father, Jeff Younger, is appealing a California court decision that grants his \u2062ex-wife,\u200d Anne Georgulas, permission to pursue &#8220;gender-affirming\u2062 care&#8221; for their 12-year-old son, James. Younger has fought for years to prevent \u2062this,\u200b arguing\u2064 that the\u2064 procedures are harmful and lacking credible\u200b medical support. The legal battle has garnered national attention since 2018, stemming from disputes over James&#8217;s gender identity, with Georgulas claiming he wishes to identify as a girl named &#8220;Luna.&#8221; In 2020, custody was \u2064granted to Georgulas, but following her move \u200cto California, she utilized\u2062 state \u200cprotections to bypass \u2064prior restrictions. Younger\u200b hopes to secure a stay against the transition procedures while also seeking assistance from President-elect Donald Trump, who plans to impose a \u200bfederal ban on gender transition promotions in his administration. The case emerges from a larger national discussion on transgender healthcare for minors, with \u2063significant tensions\u2062 between states over parental rights and\u2064 child welfare.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Texas father who lost court fight over transitioning son vows appeal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1872651\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Texas<\/a> father who has spent years in court to stop his ex-wife from subjecting their son to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">transgender<\/a> procedures is vowing to appeal a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> judge&rsquo;s decision that grants his ex-wife the authority to proceed with &ldquo;gender-affirming care&rdquo; for their 12-year-old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/121378\/texas-father-blocked-from-stopping-gender-transition-of-son-james-7-to-girl-called-luna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jeff Younger,<\/a> 59, who has worked for years to prevent his son James from undergoing what he describes as harmful and irreversible procedures, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>he intends to appeal a court decision Tuesday that paved the way for his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas, who contends James wants to identify as a girl, to begin transitioning him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo of Jeff Younger and his son James. Younger has spent years fighting in court to prevent his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas, from transitioning James. (Courtesy of Jeff Younger\/ Instagram account @jeffyoungerfortexas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I can go up on appeal in California, and that&rsquo;s where I&rsquo;m headed next,&rdquo; Younger told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em> two days after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas cleared the way for James to begin gender transition procedures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Younger added that he is willing to take the matter to the California Supreme Court and that he could seek Supreme Court review if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The case has captured national attention since 2018. Georgulas, a pediatrician, sought a restraining order to prevent Younger from entering James&rsquo;s school and referred to their son as male. Georgulas asserted that James identified as female, preferred the name &ldquo;Luna,&rdquo; and enjoyed wearing dresses. Younger countered that James behaved like a boy when they were together, sparking a contentious legal battle over custody and decision-making rights regarding the child&rsquo;s upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>A series of rulings in Texas courts initially granted both parents joint custody. However, in 2020, Judge Mary Brown awarded Georgulas sole custody while requiring her to seek Younger&rsquo;s consent for medical procedures related to gender transition. That restriction was effectively nullified when Georgulas moved to California in 2022 and invoked the state&rsquo;s protections under Senate Bill 107, which shields parents seeking &ldquo;gender-affirming care&rdquo; for their children from out-of-state legal interference.<\/p>\n<p>Younger said he is only allowed to visit his two sons, James and Jude, under supervised visitation, which he said he fundamentally disagrees with, arguing there &ldquo;has never been any finding of abuse or neglect&rdquo; against him. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t understand why the government entities, the courts, the legislatures, the Supreme Court of Texas, all the places where I&rsquo;ve been, none of them have protected my son. I just don&rsquo;t understand what is wrong with America, that nobody will stand up and protect this boy who&rsquo;s in a position of power to do it,&rdquo; Younger added.<\/p>\n<p>Younger said the procedures being considered for James, such as puberty blockers, estrogen treatments, and possible surgeries, are not supported by credible medical evidence as effective treatments for gender dysphoria in children. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/07\/07\/california-courts-sealed-my-case-hide-corruption-ex-wife-seeks-castrate-my-son-father-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cited testimony<\/a> from psychiatrist Miriam Grossman, who contends that James does not meet the criteria for gender dysphoria and that such treatments could cause irreversible harm.<\/p>\n<p>This legal battle has unfolded against the backdrop of a broader cultural and legal debate over transgender healthcare for minors. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) issued an opinion in February 2022, making clear that certain medical procedures related to gender transitions could constitute child abuse under state law. Meanwhile, under California&rsquo;s Democratic leadership, the state has positioned itself as a sanctuary for families seeking access to these treatments, escalating tensions between states over parental rights and child welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Younger is hoping for a Golden State appeals court to grant a stay of Juhas&rsquo;s decision in order to temporarily bar his son from undergoing transgender procedures. However, he&rsquo;s also calling on President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> to become more directly involved in addressing his case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump &ldquo;can stop and decertify these hospitals and make them stop doing these barbaric practices on children, [he] could literally save my son&rsquo;s life,&rdquo; Younger said.<\/p>\n<p>During a Moms for Liberty event in August, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/15\/nx-s1-5181967\/what-trumps-reelection-could-mean-for-transgender-health-care-access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vowed<\/a> on &ldquo;Day 1&rdquo; of his administration to issue a sweeping executive order &ldquo;instructing every federal agency to cease the promotion of sex or gender transition at any age,&rdquo; in addition to promising protections for biological females competing in sporting events from facing off against biological males.<\/p>\n<p>As Younger prepares for the next phase of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-desantis-backed-lawsuit-in-latest-twist\/\" title=\"Disney wants Desantis-backed lawsuit dismissed.\">high-stakes legal battle<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a> is poised to wade into the case <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3181841\/transgender-medicine-ban-minors-isnt-discriminatory-tennessee-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Skrmetti v. United States\">Skrmetti v. United States<\/a><\/em>  next month, which could directly affect parents such as Younger. The dispute surrounds the Biden administration&rsquo;s challenge to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tennessee<\/a> law that bars patients under the age of 18 from undergoing treatments such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-arrested-jailed-for-contempt-after-referring-to-his-daughter-as-she\/\" title=\"Father Arrested, Jailed For Contempt After Referring To His Daughter As \u2018She\u2019\">taking cross-sex hormones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do No Harm, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">nonprofit advocacy group raising awareness<\/a> of the unintended harms that can come from transitioning minors, filed an <a href=\"https:\/\/donoharmmedicine.org\/2024\/10\/15\/supreme-court-transgender-medical-interventions-tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">amicus brief<\/a> in <em>Skrmetti <\/em>last month that included data revealing nearly 14,000 minors received transgender-related treatments between 2019 and 2023, including nearly 6,000 procedures involving invasive surgeries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Younger said further attention by the incoming Trump administration to his case and similar cases &ldquo;is going to save thousands of children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it needs to be done. It needs to be a priority, and it needs to get done immediately,&rdquo; Younger said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1872651\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1872651\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas dad plans to appeal court ruling on son&#8217;s transition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2371821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-847839366-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7584,43167,6453,3694,45464],"class_list":["post-2371820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-appeal","tag-court-fight","tag-father","tag-texas","tag-transitioning-son"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-847839366-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371824,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371820\/revisions\/2371824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}