This is interesting, tho I find it all the more interesting that, well... You threw out a court document without anything that actually connects it to the discussion at hand.

Ari’s not actually wrong, for once, but it is one of those odd things where the METHOD that Ari uses to source their claims is in fact entirely useless AS a source because it doesn’t give the lay person any actual names to connect to this story.

Well, I say Ari’s not wrong, but all Ari did in providing sources for ONE claim, rather than the additional ones that Ari decided to throw in sight unseen (abuse, failure to pay child support and insurance). And of course to make the entire issue one of transphobia, as compared to a conflict over which of multiple versions of the decision on how to identify gender identity in a pre-pubescent. However, the true tragedy of this situation is how, regardless of James/Luna’s gender identity, the child’s gender has become an unfortunate centerpoint in the pre-existing conflict between the parents.

Still, Thank you for pointing out this bit of information, Ari, it actually is something to think about.

Oh, and as the last addendum, the conflict in identification is that the mother is a proponent of ‘Gender Affirmation’ where the child is given utter support from the very first claim, while the father is in the camp of ‘Watchful Waiting’ to see if the identification changes over time. Of course, the father could actually BE transphobic and just using that stance as a position to try and delay or unfairly influence his child, BUT the situation was so much of a public shitshow that even with everything else, this really REALLY isn’t the kind of situation that should be used as an exemplar for trans rights and trans identity in children. If only because no discussion of a child’s gender should include a fucking COURT BATTLE.