Judges in Alberta custody case ordered boy not to wear girls clothes in public
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — A sexual minorities expert says judges need to be better educated about gender identity after two Alberta family court judges ruled that a child born a boy couldn’t wear girls clothes in public.
The case involves a couple in Medicine Hat fighting over custody of the five-year-old.
The mother supports what she says is the child’s wish to identify and dress as a girl, but the father does not and blames the mother for the child’s gender confusion.
Last year, a judge ruled the child could only wear girls clothes in private. A second judge later upheld the decision.