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>> YOU TOOK AWAY MY ABILITY TO
PARENT MY CHILD EVEN BEFORE I
HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE.
I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO SHOW
SUPPORT.
YOU ASKED FOR SUPPORT.
YOUR JOB WAS TO EDUCATE MY CHILD
IN MATH, SCIENCE, ENGLISH, ET
CETERA.
DO YOUR JOB AND LET ME DO MINE.
>> Laura: THAT WAS JESSICA
KONEN, A MOM WHO WE PROFILED ON
THIS SHOW FIVE MONTHS AGO.
WHY WAS SHE SO ANGRY?
THIS IS -- ENTRUSTED HER
DAUGHTER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND THE DISTRICT THEN TURNED
AROUND AND CONSPIRED TO CHANGE
THE GIRL’S GENDER.
HER NAME, HER PRONOUNS, ALL
BEHIND HER PARENTS’ BACK.
JUST GOT WAS CONSIDERING LEGAL
ACTION.
SHE AND HER ATTORNEY, HARMEET
DILLON, ARE BACK WITH US TONIGHT
WITH AN UPDATE.
JESSICA, WHAT CAN YOU ANNOUNCED
TONIGHT?
>> Jessica: SO I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
EXCITING NEWS X LEAK THAT WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD AND WE HAVE FILED
LAWSUITS AGAINST THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
THE TWO TEACHERS AND THE
PRINCIPAL THAT CAUSED SERIOUS
DAMAGE TO MY CHILD.
>> Laura: HARMEET THAT THIS IS
FROM THE LAWSUIT.
THEY INSTRUCTED STUDENTS THAT
THEY SHOULD NOT TELL THEIR
PARENTS ABOUT THEIR NEW GENDER
IDENTITIES PURPOSELY FAILED TO
KEEP THE QUALITY CLUB THE
ROSTERS RECORD SO THAT PARENTS
COULD NOT DISCOVER THEIR
CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION AND
HEALTHY QUALITY CLUB MEETINGS
DURING LUNCH AS OPPOSED TO AFTER
SCHOOL SO THAT STUDENTS WERE TOO
YOUNG TO DRIVE DID NOT HAVE TO
ASK THEIR PARENTS TO PICK THEM
UP.
HARMEET IF THAT IS ALL TRUE, THE
LENGTHS TO WHICH THEY WENT TO
COVER THIS UP, THAT IS EXTENDING
EXTENDING.
>> Harmeet: IT IS EXTENDING AND
WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THESE
FACTS, IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE.
BUT THESE TEACHERS HAVE ACTUALLY
CONFESSED ON VIDEO AT THE
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
TO DOING A LOT OF THESE THINGS
AND NOT ONLY DOING IT BUT TRIED
TO OTHER CALIFORNIA TEACHERS HOW
TO SECRETLY RUN THESE CLUBS AWAY
FROM THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE
PARENTS AND LAURA, BIRTHDAY TOLD
THIS YOUNG LADY THAT SHE WAS
BISEXUAL.
THIS IS A PREPUBESCENT GIRL.
AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, THEY TELL
HER THAT WE THINK YOU ARE TRANS.
SOME OF THE TEXT INCLUDE THESE
TEACHERS TO CONDUCT SEARCH
ENGINE SEARCHES OF THESE
CHILDREN WHO WERE STUDYING
REMOTELY TO IDENTIFY MORE
CHILDREN THAT INCLUDE THESE
TYPES OF CLUBS.
AND SO NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO
GO TO THIS.
THEY HAVE RIGHTS UNDER THE
UNITED’S COUNTRY -- CONSTITUTION
CONSTITUTION.
AND WE INTEND TO HOLD THESE
TEACHERS, THE PRINCIPAL AT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT LIABLE FOR THE
DAMAGE THEY CAUSED THE FAMILY,
OTHER FAMILIES POTENTIALLY AND
FOR VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
OF THESE FAMILIES AND TO --
>> Laura: EVERYONE WATCHING THIS
TONIGHT HAS TO BE BLOWN AWAY
BECAUSE THERE’S MORE IN THIS
LAWSUIT.
I CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE IT.
THE TEACHERS ENCOURAGED A.G. TO
CHANGE HER NAME TO A BOY NAME
FOR THE NEW IDENTITY THEY WERE
ENCOURAGING HER TO TAKE ON.
JESSICA THIS IS A FULL FRONTAL
ASSAULT ON THE TRADITIONAL
AMERICAN FAMILY ON YOUR FAMILY
AND ON YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM.
IS IT NOT? I DON’T EVEN KNOW
HOW YOU HOLD IT TOGETHER AFTER
THAT.
>> Jessica: 100%, IT IS COMPLETE
VIOLATION.
IT IS DISRESPECTFUL.
TO BE HONEST, SOME OF THE MOST
EMOTIONALLY DAMAGING THING THAT
YOU COULD DO TO A FAMILY UNIT,
TO A CHILD.
THE THINGS THAT I HAVE FOUND OUT
THAT I, YOU KNOW, GOING THIS
PROCESS AND WHO MY DAUGHTER IS
BECOMING NOW, IT IS JUST SO
DISGUSTING.
BUT I’M ACTUALLY REALLY SAD THAT
I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE FOR
HER THE WAY THAT A MOM SHOULD
HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW?
THERE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY
HIDING FROM A MOM AND THERE
SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ANY TYPE
OF -- THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAD
THAT TYPE OF CONTROL OVER ANY
TYPE OF CHILD, ANYBODY.
>> Laura: HARMEET, IS THIS A
GOOD MOOD -- RECRUITMENT TOOL,
YES OR NO?
>> Harmeet: 100%, LAURA.
THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY CHILDREN
AFFECTED.
I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HUNDREDS
AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO FIND AT MARQUETTE THEY SHOULD GO TO OUR
MARQUETTE THEY SHOULD GO TO OUR