Dallas City Wire

A Texas judge who potentially greenlit a mother’s alleged preference to chemically castrate her young son, granting her sole decision-making on health care and education of the child declined comment on the case when asked why she had backpedaled from a previous legal action.

“The Texas Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judges from commenting about specific litigation,” Judge Mary Brown’s court administrator Catherine Nicholson told the Dallas City Wire.

After a Sept. 25 hearing set to be live-streamed on YouTube was canceled, Brown gave decision-making power to 8-year-old James Younger’s mother, Dr. Anne Georgulas, reportedly leaving his father, Jeff Younger, no say in protesting the medical treatment. This includes $5,000 a month transgender therapy, according to media reports. A previous ruling established a joint conservatorship with both parents.

A writ of mandamus appealing the costly counseling, which could have voided the judge's order, was rejected without an opinion.

The parents are under a court-imposed gag order and were unable to comment but, according to a Save James Facebook post, Jeff Younger told his ex-wife Anne Georgulas that all psychological, medical, and pharmaceutical regimens solely devised were so drastic that a second opinion was warranted.

“Anne did not reply,” the post states. “Instead, Jeff received a certified letter from Anne’s attorney, stating Jeff would be in contempt of court, including possible fines and jail if he sought a second opinion.”

The divorced parents have been fighting over their son’s biological sex ever since Georgulas announced her intention to chemically castrate him against Younger’s wishes.

Georgulas, a pediatrician in Coppell, Texas, has labeled James as a girl and calls him Luna while Younger, his father, has maintained that his son identifies as male. A National Library of Medicine study found that 84% of gender dysphoric children eventually identify as their gender of origin. 

“James has no dysphoria,” a post under the Save James Facebook group states. “Unfortunately, his mother self-identifies as a mom of a trans kid. Save thousands of children. James and many other children need your support to protect them from medical child abuse.”

During a Heritage Foundation conference, medical professionals warned of the potential harms of hormonal treatments and surgery on kids who allegedly believe they are the opposite sex.

"Transition affirmative therapies are virtually untested and inflict lasting harms," Dr. Ryan Anderson, a Heritage Foundation senior research fellow, told MedPage Today.