This nation has gone insane. That was my initial reaction when I first heard about the case of James Georgulas, whose mother first decided he was actually a girl after he played with a McDonald's toy from the movie Frozen.
Ater the national outcry and some high profile condemnations from figures like Gov. Greg Abbot and Sen. Ted Cruz, things seemed to shift though. The former judge found that any decision as life changing as "transitioning" a prepubescent boy should only happen with both parents' consent. James' father was given a say in the medical decisions again.
Keep in mind, this all happened after some evidence became public that James was being possibly coerced by the mother. One claim made in court is that she'd lock her son in the closet and tell him that monsters only eat boys. She' also used him in the promotion of her new-age "medical clinic."
But now all the progress of the first victory on appeal has apparently been lost. A new judge named Mary Brown (who is a Democrat) has essentially ruled entirely in the favor of the mother, not only giving her to power to "transition" James, but also ordering the father to up upwards of $5,000 a month and a $10000 retainer fee (per his accounting) for family counseling.
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8-Year Old James Georgulas' Father Has Court Victory Overturned, Mother Given Power to 'Transition' Child