Texas father Jeffrey Younger got some good news October 24 when a judge overruled a jury’s decision that would have allowed his ex-wife, Dallas-area pediatrician Anne Georgulas, to move ahead with “gender transitioning” their seven-year-old son James Younger into a “female” via chemical castration.
As reported previously in The New American, On October 21 a 12-person jury ruled 11-1 in favor of giving Georgulas sole custody of James and his twin brother, Jude, clearing the way for her to begin “gender transition” procedures on James. Jeffrey Younger was seeking custody of the boys in an effort to stop Georgulas, who insisted in court documents that James is a “transgender child and, by choice, now goes by the name Luna and is only known by her classmates as a girl.”
In her reversal of the jury’s decision, Family District Court Judge Kim Cooks ruled that Jeffrey Younger will share joint guardianship of James with Georgulas, and will have an equal say in medical and other decisions made on behalf of their son.
Additionally, Cooks placed a gag order on both parents, prohibiting them from speaking publicly about the ongoing case, and also ruled that Jeffrey Younger will not be required to pay attorney fees. Cooks’ ruling means that Younger’s website, SaveJames.com, will have to be suspended.
The major break in the case occurred after Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he would launch an investigation into Georgulas’ efforts to “transition” James into a female. “FYI the matter of 7 year old James Younger is being looked into by the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services,” Abbott wrote via Twitter on October 23.
Other Texas legislators have sounded off concerning James’ plight as well, including Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who tweeted that “this is horrifying & tragic. For a parent to subject such a young child to life-altering hormone blockers to medically transition their sex is nothing less than child abuse.” Cruz added that “the state of Texas should protect this child’s right to choose — as an informed, mature person — and not be used as a pawn in a left-wing political agenda.”
Similarly, Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw called the jury’s ruling in favor of Georgulas “heartbreaking,” saying that the decision “sets a horrible precedent. A 7-year-old can’t possibly make this decision or understand it. Parents should know better. I hope this father receives the public support he needs.”
Previously on SaveJames.com, Jeffrey Younger related that when James was three years old, Georgulas had decided that James should be a girl. “She began dressing him as a girl, calling him by the name ‘Luna’ and enrolled him in ‘social transitioning’ therapy to prepare him for chemical castration,” wrote the father. He went on to recall that his son was enrolled “in Coppell Schools as a girl…. The teachers and administrators know that he is a boy, but the other parents and students are unaware.”
In court filings Younger stated that James only acts out in a feminine manner when he is with his mother. “James presents as a boy with me and he presents as a girl with his mom,” Younger related. “He gets dressed as a boy at his mother’s home and he comes out to me as a boy. That means that he’s comfortable as a boy at his mother’s home.”
Speaking before the latest gag order, Younger related that “every single day you have to see your son sexually abused, and you have to maintain your calm, because the courts are not going to be fair to you. And the only way you can survive this and get your son through this alive is to calmly allow your son to be tortured right before your eyes and outlast the opposition.”
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