Doe ex rel. Doe v. Yunits
Massachusetts Superior Court
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The plaintiff, Pat Doe (“Doe”),1 is a fifteen-year-old student now in the eighth grade at Brockton South Junior High School (“the School”) who has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder. Doe is biologically male but, as a result of the gender identity-disorder, has a female gender identity and prefers to be referred to as a female.2 Phrased simply in non-medical terminology, Doe has the soul of a female in the body of a male.
Doe has filed an eight-count complaint against the defendants, seeking injunctive relief allowing her to wear clothing in School that is customarily worn by female…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Nader v. CitronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Israel Alicea Rosado v. Ramon Garcia SantiagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Labonte v. Hutchins & WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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