Legal Opinion

Doe ex rel. Doe v. Yunits

Massachusetts Superior Court

Decided February 26, 2001No. 001060APublished

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

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Nader v. CitronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  3. Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  4. Israel Alicea Rosado v. Ramon Garcia SantiagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
  5. Labonte v. Hutchins & WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997

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