EXCLUSIVE: New Jersey School District Pushed ‘Secret Gender Transitions Behind Closed Doors,’ New Lawsuit Alleges

August 26, 2026 2:06 PM ET Parental rights group Moms for Liberty has filed a federal lawsuit against the School District of the Chathams Board of Education for allegedly “pushing secret gender transitions behind closed doors,” The Daily Caller News Foundation first learned.The lawsuit, filed by the Thomas More Society on behalf of Moms for Liberty in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, partly alleges that the district’s Policy 5145.7 violates the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause by allowing school counselors to hide a student’s “gender transition” from parents. (RELATED: Democrats Put On Masterclass In Missing The Point During Child Sex Change Hearing)“Activist school boards across the country are