An amicus brief urges the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of parents in a case alleging Florida school officials concealed gender identity conversations from the parents of a child considering transitioning.

The Liberty Justice Center, the California Justice Center and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed their brief October 6 in the case Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County.

The case involves parents January and Jeffrey Littlejohn, who say a local school concealed from them “critical conversations” with their child about gender identity and proceeded to socially transition the child with a new name and pronouns without notifying or involving the parents.

The amicus brief was filed on behalf of Dr. Erica E. Anderson, a transgender clinical psychologist with more than 45 years of experience counseling children and adolescents on gender-identity-related issues.

“Drawing on her decades of practice, Dr. Anderson emphasizes that proper care for children experiencing gender incongruence ultimately requires the involvement of their parents,” the Liberty Justice Center said in a statement. “The filing argues that excluding or deceiving parents in this decision violates longstanding Supreme Court precedent protecting parents’ right to direct their children’s upbringing, most recently reaffirmed in the court’s 2025 Mahmoud v. Taylor decision.

“The brief further explains that the deliberate deception of parents crosses a constitutional line that “shocks the conscience.”

An LJC official said the issue is vitally important.

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